ASTOR, Fla. — Lake County residents are still dealing with high floodwaters nearly a month after Hurricane Ian.

It's causing issues for many as they try to leave their homes.

“Well I’ve been four weeks kind of driving in and out the way it looks,” said Dave Henderson, who lives on one of the flooded streets. 

Having lived in Astor for the last 12 years, this flooding is no surprise to him.

“In 2017 and this time it got there inches higher than then so there was some flooding in areas that it didn't happen before.”

He said for a while he had to use a pontoon boat to leave his home, but now he can get through in his truck.

Right now, the National Weather Service considers this moderate flooding.

“I don't think there is a thing that can be done with it,” said Henderson. 

Henderson shared that his yard and the yards of his neighbors are pretty much destroyed at this point— with birds now using them as hunting grounds.

But he says it's all just part of river living.

“There is a lot of good pretty days," said Henderson. "This is not the pretty time of it but it is a small price to pay”

For now, he says all that is left to do is keep on going and wait for the water to recede.

“It is getting better every day,” said Henderson. 

FEMA has opened a Disaster Recovery Center in Astor for those that need help in Lake County.

That is at the First Baptist Church of Astor on Ann street.

Click here to find your nearest FEMA Disater Recovery Center.