Flooding causes concern throughout Brunswick County

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — For many people in Brunswick County, flooding is around almost every corner.

“A lot of noise from the pump trying to pump the water out. Lot of mosquitoes, a lot of flies. Just mainly a nuisance cause they did pump it out yesterday, the water was much lower. And then last night, the rain came again and this is what we have,” Tommie Smith said.

Brunswick County government offices closed at noon because of predicted rainfall and road conditions. Some streets in Caswell Beach were completely covered in water and drivers and their families were worried if they would make it through.

“Couple of particularly tricky spots where we have to just stop and make sure it’s nice and flat and everybody opens the doors and looks out the window to make sure it’s not coming up to high. Sometimes we’ll watch other cars and see if mini vans like ours will make it. And if they decide to turn around, we turn around,” Patrick Kavanaugh said.

“It’s been pretty deep for our mini-van and we had to turn around on Tuesday because the water was too deep,” Charles Kavanaugh said.

Many front yards in Southport are looking more like ponds.

“All the way down this street as far as you go, till you get up to the cemetery just about is- everybody’s got a little water standing in their yard,” Smith said.

Now they’re just hoping for some dry days with little rain.