Homes, cars flooded in Indiantown neighborhood despite $2.18M drainage project

INDIANTOWN, Fla. (CBS12) — Residents in Indiantown’s Booker Park neighborhood are cleaning up flooded homes and cars after several inches of rain turned streets into what neighbors described as a lake Saturday.

The National Weather Service issued a flood advisory for southwestern Martin County Saturday afternoon after between three and four inches of rain had already fallen, with another one to two inches possible.

Photos and video provided to CBS12 News show water covering streets, surrounding homes and reaching vehicles. Other images show water inside a car and residents drying out belongings after the flooding…

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