These Florida Counties are now under a state of emergency for Floods
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Three more counties in Central Florida are now under a state of emergency from deadly fall floods.Gov. Ron DeSantis added Seminole, Volusia and Lake counties to his executive order marking a state of emergency, brining the total number of counties to 14. The declaration gives counties the ability to get emergency funding from the state’s emergency preparedness and response fund.The counties under the order include Brevard, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, Indian River, Lake, Martin, Okeechobee, Palm Beach, Seminole, St. Lucie, and Volusia Counties.According to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, it is forecasting the St. Johns River near Sanford to reach minor flood stage by Friday cresting as high as 6.4 feet by Monday.The federal government said at those levels water would completely surround many homes in the Stone Island and Still Brook subdivisions. It also said roads would flood around Enterprise Road and the Bethel Loop subdivision as well as