Canal Avenue in Oak Hill is no stranger to flooding.

During hurricanes, resident Doug Lathrom said the front of his store typically floods. Latest Forecast

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“It gets into 3 to 4 feet deep, and it’s trapped. It can’t get out. There’s no ditch along Canal right here. So the houses that we owned back here in our property, we ended up getting full of water,” Lathrom said.

To help renters living on his property, he said he has had to take matters into his own hands.

“We have to manually pump the water out ourselves with pumps in the middle of a hurricane,” Lathrom said.

Relief, however, is on the way.

On Monday night, a state senator will present the city with a $187,000 check. City Administrator John Barkley said the money will fund m

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