00:00It is all hands on deck here in Eustis, Florida, where crews are working around the clock to try and get this culvert repaired sooner than later.
00:11Now, the wild weather moved through this area at the end of October, forcing about two dozen families to evacuate this community.
00:19The problem is they've got to get this repaired because the city has their infrastructure underneath this culvert.
00:25Residents that live here can't believe the extent of damage that happened in just one rain event.
00:31I've been here 34 years in the state of Florida.
00:33I've been through multiple hurricanes and never been through anything where I've had to evacuate this long or, you know, be without my home this long in a situation like this.
00:43Now, one of the many reasons why homeowners here and the city wants to get this repaired sooner than later is that there could be rain in the forecast this weekend.
00:51That would be the absolute worst case scenario.
00:54This is by no means stable, and it has many homeowners nervous.
00:59We've been dealing with not only this big deluge, but years we've been having to pump water out of our backyard, out to the street.
01:08We're hoping, with the city's help, that the infrastructure that goes under the bridge can be held stable so that nobody else has to evacuate because there's a lot of fear there.
01:20The timeline to get this culvert repaired is about two weeks, but that's also dependent on the integrity of this system as it stands now.
01:28And, as we mentioned, the weather, if they get any rain, that could really complicate situations and force at least 100 more folks out of this community while they repair the culvert.
01:40Reporting in Eustis, Florida, I'm Leslie Hudson for AccuWeather.
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