ORLANDO, Fla. — Several people needed to be rescued from their cars on Sunday after strong storms caused roads to flood in downtown Orlando
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The flooding has slightly subsided along the road, but it remains closed.
Channel 9 spoke to the owner’s mother of one vehicle that submerged in the water.
Read: Flood Advisory for Downtown Orlando and surrounding areas
She said her daughter was stuck along Summerlin when the rain became heavy. She said the water levels became so high that her daughter couldn’t tell where the sidewalk and the road met.
She said her daughter nose-dived the car into a flooded front yard of a business that sits right behind Lake Olive.
The city of Orlando has fixed the streetlight that has been out because of the storm.
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