City of Tampa leaders and FEMA officials held a meeting to allow homeowners to discuss their concerns after Hurricane Helene and Milton.
Homeowners living in Forest Hills want answers regarding recent flooding.
Belinda Trask said Hurricane Milton flooded a portion of her home. She has lived in Forest Hills for nearly 15 years.
“When Hurricane Milton came through that was it! We had a waterfall come in through that room in the back, under the door, in the walls and everything through the closet. It reached all the way to my kitchen area,” she said.
The City of Tampa said the Forest Hills neighborhood had three pumps, but they failed due to power outages. Only one pump had a backup generator, but it did not work for some reason.
Last week, Tampa City Council voted to launch an investigation or outside assessment to investigate the issue.
“So all I want is process and what we’re going to do to make sure that we find out what went right during Milton and during Helene and what went wrong and how can we prevent that from going wrong again,” said Tampa City Council Member Luis Viera.