HARISSONVILLE, Mo. - Clean up continues after heavy rain hit the metro area this week. Businesses and homes in Harrisonville are still dealing with the aftermath.
It's back to square one for some homeowners after flood waters wiped out their homes for a second time.
“We’re kind of trying to scramble for a place to live because you know, you can’t live here,” said Kate Farmer.
Farmer has a family of six and ever since the flooding late July, her fiance and four children have been without the place they call home.
“We had to tear down July 27, so we’ve been out of our home since then,” said Farmer.
After picking up the pieces the first time around, Farmer said her family was set to move back in Wednesday morning.
“It’s taken over three weeks to even get our house livable ready and as soon as we were ready to move in, the next flood happened,” she said.
After thousands of dollars and countless hours of work, Farmer says she was devastated to see the damage done to her home Tuesday morning.
“I saw the water line on my garage and I just lost it, i mean it’s exhausting, every family in this neighborhood is going through this, it’s not our house alone,” said Farmer.
Now Farmer's unsure whether or not it’s even worth rebuilding.
“We don’t want to rebuild, we don’t want to go in here and fix all of this if it’s going to happen again in 2 weeks or a month because that would be extremely devastating, even more than this is devastating for us,” said Farmer.
She said it’s the creek that runs behind a block of homes in her neighborhood that’s giving them grief.
“We need to figure out why it’s happening, we understand that rain is rain and it was a lot of rain but there should be drainage systems in place, that it doesn’t happen twice in a month.
After looking to city leaders for answers, the mayor has scheduled a town hall meeting for Tuesday.
“We want to know that hey, we have went down this river and this drainage system and it’s not clogged anywhere, what is the next step,” Farmer.
The meeting is scheduled for August 29 at 6 p.m. at the Community Center. Mayor Brian Hasek said the meeting will also address the spillway at the dam, and whether or not the damage will qualify for state and federal funding.
