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MOUNT DORA, Fla. - Torrential rain on October 26 led to unprecedented flooding in parts of Lake County .

Floodwater forced the ground to give way near Timberlake Drive in Mount Dora, leaving behind a massive gully and putting one family at risk.

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Following the storms, Joey Benitez’s home was left teetering on the edge.

"I’m surprised it’s still standing – I don’t know how," Benitez told FOX 35’s Hannah Mackenzie.

Benitez was inside with his family when the water rushed in. It was like a raging river, he said, complete with white caps.

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"We just started to hear the house rocking; you could just feel it going downward," Benitez recalled. "That’s when we all left, ran outside – grabbed everything that we could and

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