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People are flooding the distribution sites in the hardest-hit areas of Lake County with donations, slowing the recovery process, Lake County officials say. They’re asking donations go to not-for-profits to ease the traffic.
That was part of the information released at a media briefing in Tavares just now in the emergency operations center.
There’s $15 million in damage in the county. In Lake Lake, there are 101 damaged homes and another 35 completely destroyed. In Lake Mack, there are 76 damaged and another 31 destroyed. The county officially released the names of 17 dead.
FEMA is going to launch two disaster recovery centers in Lake County, one in Lady Lake, another in Lake Mack, by tomorrow. County health department nurses are traveling the affected areas teaching people about their safety and sanitation. That includes drinking bottled water instead of well water. They’ve given 35 tetanus shots.
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