Homeowners in a St. Pete neighborhood said they flooded for the first time in decades over the weekend and they believe a nearby construction project caused it.

"In 50-something years that I've been here, we never had water standing, not here," said Silvia Paredes, a homeowner.

Silvia Paredes has always felt safe in her neighborhood, until last Sunday.

"Well, I'm afraid because we have had storms and usually the ones that are coming are stronger than we remember, but it's been raining so much everything is saturated and it didn't have any place to go so I'm afraid that one day it will come inside the property," said Paredes.

Homeowners along 24th Avenue in Disston Heights said during a thunderstorm on Sunday, they saw water rising in their street.

"Massive flooding coming through, the

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