‘I should’ve listened’: Tampa man rides kayak in chest-high water as Helene floods home

Tampa resident Matthew Heller has gone viral on social media for an astonishing home video that shows him kayaking in his flooded home as Hurricane Helene battered the area early Friday, and though he’s glad to be safe, the storm taught him the importance of heeding the warnings.

Heller said he grew up in South Florida and survived Hurricane Andrew in 1992, so he expected Hurricane Helene to pack a punch he was already familiar with.

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