Some areas of Port Charlotte were underwater after heavy rain Wednesday evening.
Charlotte County told us there is widespread flooding near Port Charlotte Middle School.
We spoke to John Elias, the county’s public works director, about the flooding.
“We were exceeding two inches of rain in about an hour period in some areas. Some isolated areas had four inches of rain in two hours. Our systems are generally designed for a five-year storm, which is the equivalent of about five inches of rain over a 24-hour period. That equated to a 25-year storm that moved through our area,” he said…