In the winter of 1997-98 there was some flooding in the Villages. The pond at bottom of Hilltop golf course hole #1 overflowed to the homes. There was a considerable amount of street flooding in that area. The pond on the east side of Hwy 27/441 overflowed almost to the highway. A wooden causeway was quickly built for golf carts. Since that time a considerable amount of work has been done to manage and distribute the water in ponds. While the soil seems to be able to absorb quite a lot of rain, there have been times when it becomes saturated and then there is some "standing water" between homes. It has been said that the Villages does not suffer as much as coastal areas from hurricane winds but there have been occasions when a tornado is spun off from hurricanes. Folks have also drained up to a foot of water from residential pools to avoid overflow during storms.
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