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This Tampa neighborhood didn’t flood. Then came Hurricane Helene.

By Olivia George,

2 days ago

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=18vvhl_0vpP1rnJ00 — Locals residents place damaged items in front of their homes caused by flooding around the Culbreath Bayou neighborhood on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024, in Tampa. [ JEFFEREE WOO | Times ]

TAMPA — From a distance, it looked for like another community yard sale was unfolding Monday morning in the tight-knit neighborhood of Culbreath Bayou. Couches and tables were stacked curbside, alongside paintings and toys.

Draw closer and the abstract gave way to reality: Hurricane Helene’s surge swallowed this pocket of South Tampa, ushering in what longtime residents described as “never-before-seen flooding.”

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