Red Cross relief underway as flooding still menaces SWFL

SOUTH FORT MYERS, Fla. Flooding victims in Lee County got some relief Wednesday.

Local Red Cross volunteers began distributing 200 clean-up kits full of mops, buckets, bleach, trash bags and other items to those affected by the high waters.

One of them arrived at Liliana Alvarado’s home on Dean and Quinn streets in Bonita Springs, where she said she could hear waves of floodwater hit the house.

“They stopped by, gave us water, cleaning supplies, a little bit of food for what we need, and that was perfect,” Alvarado said.

Volunteers traveled from a staging area near Daniels Parkway and U.S. 41 in south Fort Myers to the hardest hit areas in the Island Park area, San Carlos Park, North Fort Myers, Burnt Store Road, McGregor Boulevard, Captiva, Pine Island, and Bonita Springs.

WINK News reporter Kim Powell spoke to a family in Bonita Springs targeted by looters:

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