The City of Tampa is working to alleviate flooding in parts of South Tampa.
There’s been a lot of water build up during rainstorms, and now they are working on some new projects to help.
“It’s been accumulating for years and years and years,” said Gloria Hatfield, a resident of South Tampa.
She said it gets pretty deep after only a couple hours of rain.
“Thank God I have a truck so when I have to drive through it…when we’ve had a lot of rain, it gets really high,” said Hatfield.
It’s become not only an issue during big storms, but also during afternoon showers.
“A typical rainy season day, if it compacts on the top of us, then it can literally pour to where before it can even drain into the sand,” said John Kinkead, another resident.
“Once or twice I’ve seen a car like stopped there, like water got into it or something, you know,” said Hatfield.
City of Tampa Director of the Mobility Department, Vik Bhide, said there’s been a trend in these kinds of storms.
“More recently we’ve been experiencing short intense storms in kind of smaller packets and they are very asymmetric, meaning certain areas receive a lot of rain, and other areas may receive very little rain,” said Bhide.