Arden Villas, an apartment complex off University Boulevard was left damaged and flooded after the impact of Hurricane Ian when Orange County Fire Rescue officials evacuated about 200 UCF students and residents Thursday night.
Images submitted to KnightNews.com shows the complex surrounded in water with several cars submerged in the floodwaters as the complex experienced extensive damage.
Residents of Arden Villas are claiming many cars in the complex are now “lost or have been swept away” by the high-rise floodwaters.
Fire Rescue Officials responded to the scene to help evacuate over 200 residents from the swamped apartment complex to relocate to a facility in Altamonte Springs.
Currently local power companies are reporting more than 2.6 million homes and businesses are without power.
UCF Police Dept. Took to their social media to cation students to stay off the road and to not return to the Central Florida campus yet if they traveled elsewhere to ride out the storm.
“We know many in our community are feeling the storm’s effects, and we want all of our Knights to be as safe as possible,” UCF Police said in a statement. “For those in Central Florida, this means staying indoors and off the roads until the storm has passed. For those who traveled elsewhere to ride out the storm, please do not return to campus until we have communicated it is safe to do so.”
