ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. – An Altamonte Springs community is underwater, leaving residents walking back and forth through knee-deep water.
"We're walking through it. It comes to our knees. It smells. Dead fish (were) in it. It's horrible," one resident said.
"It's either you drive your car through it (and) take the chance of damaging it, or you walk through it and take the chance of getting something bacterial," Semoma Stafford said.
Muddy brown water flowing right out of Lake Orienta has residents in the Royal Arms community trecking through it barefoot.
The flooding started Monday after Hurricane Irma pushed through the area, dropping what city officials say is 17 inches of rain -- a historic amount for Altamonte Springs.
"This property was built 45 years ago before flood regulations were in place," Altamonte City Manager Frank Martz said.
Martz said the flooding is a result of the property being built too close to the lake, along with heavy rain.
"There's no place to pump the water," Martz said. "It is private property, but it's on a landlocked basin. There's no where to pump it."
City officials spoke to residents about their options, including using their own money to put sandbags to block the water from parking lots, and working with the property to figure out other blocking water methods.
"We need to come up with some kind of solution," resident John Ingman said.
Residents just want something done, private property or not.
"If you're living in a very nice community, there's an HOA. We feel like something should be done in a prompt manner," Stafford said.
News 6 spoke to the complex management office, which said it is telling residents to call the Red Cross or the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which should help provide them with temporary housing until the water drains.