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Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Flooded golf courses, more sinkholes in The Villages photographed by readers of Villages-News.com

Villages-News.com readers have been busy documenting the devastation left in the wake of Hurricane Irma.

Perhaps none show the magnitude quite like this photo taken by FAA certified drone pilot, George Meidhof, over Turtle Mound Golf Course.

Aerial photo of flooding at Turtle Mound Golf Course
Aerial photo of Turtle Mound Golf Course (courtesy of FAA certified drone pilot George Meidhof, Certificate #3920430).

More than half of the course was turned into a lake that stretches from one edge of the course to the other.

The flooding that accompanied Hurricane Irma has left multiple courses around The Villages with similar problems. We’ve got an update on the status of  golf courses in The Villages.

And with some flood waters receding, sinkholes are opening up all around in their wake. Sinkholes at Cane Garden Country Club, the Village of Santiago, the Village of Alhambra and the Village of Glenbrook.

A reader shared this photo of a sinkhole that opened up in the Village of  St. Charles.

Sinkhole in St. Charles
Sinkhole in St. Charles.

Please share your photos of the aftermath of Hurricane Irma with us at www.villages-news.com/contact-us or via email at news@villages-news.com. Here are some new photos submitted by readers to Villages-News.com:

Sinkhole at Tallyridge and Bloomington
Sinkhole at Tallyridge and Bloomington.
A sinkhole opened up at Churchill Greens Executive Golf Course.
A sinkhole opened up at Churchill Greens Executive Golf Course.
Flooded golf cart tunnel near Buffalo Ridge Wal-Mart
Flooded golf cart tunnel near Buffalo Ridge Wal-Mart.
Car port crushed in Leesburg
Car port crushed in Leesburg.
Tree torn in half in Leesburg
Tree torn in half in Leesburg.
Retention pond before and after flood waters from Hurricane Irma
Retention pond before and after flood waters from Hurricane Irma.
Trees downed at church in Wildwood
Trees downed at church in Wildwood.
Fallen trees in Wildwood
Fallen trees in Wildwood.

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