After a week of flooding and evacuations, Vitalia response comes to an end

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) — Flood response operations have ended in Port St. Lucie’s Vitalia community, where electricity has been restored throughout the neighborhood except for the clubhouse, police said.

Officers assigned to the response wrapped up operations at 1 a.m., according to a final update from the Port St. Lucie Police Department.

The update follows several days of flooding that left some Vitalia residents unable to leave their homes because roads were underwater. On Thursday, the St. Lucie County Fire District said the city had installed a second 12-inch pump in the neighborhood. The two pumps were moving an estimated 16,000 gallons of water per minute to help drain floodwater…

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