The streets of Southwest Florida are filling with rain as a tropical disturbance continues to soak the region.
"It’s going to be more rain, and (the forecast)doesn’t really change," said Paul Close, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Ruskin. "It looks the same as today and yesterday, so therecould be another 3 to 5 inches of rain in some spots."
Meteorologists are giving the Naples area an at least a 70 percent chance of rain between now and Monday.
Flooding was reported in Bonita Springs, Cape Coral, parts of Fort Myers and San Carlos Park on Saturday.
Submerged cars were found in parts of Cape Coral.
Former Bonita Springs mayor Ben Nelson lives along Leitner Creek in Bonita and said the creek is higher than he's seen in more than a decade.
"I’ve been here for 35 years and it’s as high as I’ve ever seen it," Nelson said. "If it rains like this for another day or two, I don’t know, it’s going to get pretty wild."
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NWS in Ruskin issued a flood advisory for parts of Lee County expired at 9:45 a.m. Saturday, but a flood watch will remain in place through Sunday.
Nelson said flooding is part of life in Southwest Florida.
"Some people expect there will be water in the ditches, but I don’t care where you live in Southwest Florida, you’re going to get a lot of water standing in your yard at some point,"Nelson said.
Chances of rain vary from 80 percent for Lee County for Sunday and Monday to 100 percent at weather outlets like Weather Underground.
"You’ll see it atleast off and ontoday and tomorrow," Close said. "But by Monday we’re hoping it shifts away and the heaviest rains will be moving out.
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Close said the disturbance moved from Bahamas to west Florida and stalled out. Last week, most weather forecasting outlets were expecting the storm to stay in the Atlantic Ocean.
"It was in the Bahamas and drifted west and has basically stalled out," Close said. "It’s meandering over Florida right now and there’s no good push to get it out of Florida right now."
The following roads in Cape Coral were closed as of 2 p.m. Aug. 26
-Intersection of Chiquita Boulevard and Trafalgar Parkway
-Intersection of Santa Barbara and Hanco*ck Bridge Parkway
-Skyline Boulevard between Gleason Parkway and State Road 78
-Gleason Parkway, west of Santa Barbara Boulevard
-Tropicana Parkway, west of Andalusia Boulevard
-Chiquita Boulevard, north of Gleason Parkway
Sand and sand bags are available at the following locations:
-Estero Fire Department, 21500 Three Oaks Parkway, Estero
-San Carlos Park Fire Department, 8103 Sanibel Blvd., San Carlos Park
-Fort Myers Beach Fire Department, 2545 Estero Blvd., Fort Myers Beach
-Bayshore Fire Department17350 Nalle Road, Fort Myers
-South Trail Fire Department (sand bags only), 13500 Sophom*ore Lane, Fort Myers
-Self-serve sand and bags are available under the Fort Myers Fire Department's red tend in front of the old Southwest FloridaHistory Museum.
-Pine Island Fire Department (bags only),5700 Pine Island Road, Pine Island
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