Pasco Calls Voluntary Evacuation As Flooding Woes Linger

NEW PORT RICHEY, FL — Pasco County Emergency Management is asking some residents to consider evacuating voluntarily as rising water continues to be a concern. Residents in Lake Worrell Acres, Bass Lake and Cranes Roost are being urged to leave as post-Hurricane Irma flooding woes linger.

“Waters are expected to rise with the rainfall received today and the rainfall forecast for overnight,” the county wrote in an email to media Thursday evening. “Evacuees should first consider sheltering with family or friends until high waters recede.” (For more hurricane news or local news from Florida, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts and newsletters from New Port Richey Patch. Click here to find your local Florida Patch. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

Residents with no place to go will find the Mike Fasano Regional Hurricane Shelter at 11611 Denton Ave. in Hudson open to serve them.

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According to the National Weather Service, there’s a 20 percent chance of isolated thunderstorms in the New Port Richey area Thursday night. Scattered storms are expected in the afternoon and evening hours Friday, followed by more rain on Saturday.

Patch photo of flooding by Sherri Lonon