Before Hurricane Milton hit, I was in Lochmoor Waterway Estates showing you how people were gearing up to face the storm.
As Fox 4’s North Fort Myers Community Correspondent, I work in this area daily, so I went back to see how the neighborhood weathered the storm, and I talked to a family that battled to keep the surge out of their house.
Watch my report here…
BATTLE-TESTED: NFM family’s flood defenses hold strong during Hurricane Milton
The day before Hurricane Milton came through, I saw homeowners using a high-powered torch to fuse flood barriers to their home, and all over, people were shuttering up, stacking sandbags, and sealing doors.
Bernadette Nostrum and her husband’s home flooded during Hurricane Helene, leaving the drywall torn out. So this time, she said they went the extra mile to prevent more damage.
“During Helene, it actually showed us where the failure points of the house were,” said Nystrom.
Austin Schargorodski