Florida animal rescue devastated, still submerged from historic flash flooding: 'Nightmare'

Rising floodwaters swept across a Brevard County animal sanctuary on Valkaria Road, forcing the owners to rescue drowning goats and giant tortoises as feet of water inundated pastures and destroyed all food supplies. Clean-up is underway with parts of the property still underwater.Valkaria Road flood damageHistoric flooding submerged The Painted Horse Rescue on Valkaria Road, leaving several inches of water inside the home's first floor and rising two feet across the pastures. Sanctuary president Jill Helsel pulled a freezing, drowning goat straight from the water into her home shower while her husband led the rest of the herd to the workshop.The family also scrambled to hoist three giant tortoises into the bed of a truck just before the enclosure was too deep. Helsel said her horses stood wet in high water for three consecutive days before water receded enough to check the land.Ruined feed and suppliesThis marks the first time in a decade that the property has flooded, ruining every o