After emergency crews rescued them from their waterlogged homes, hundreds of neighbors are safe tonight in Manatee County. Several reports of flooded homes began early Monday morning in the Lakewood Ranch area near State Road 70. Some subdivisions near Center Laek and Braden River experienced high waters and road closures due to Hurricane Debby. The flood waters forced the families to flee their homes and take shelter elsewhere. In neighborhoods near the Center Lake area right off of Whitfield and Prospect, nearly 80 people were first evacuated to the Crosspointe Church. The church pastor and his family happened to be on the property overnight seeking higher ground from their RV park. They were able to usher the evacuated families in to dry out. "There were people standing around soaking wet. There was one family. They had a newborn baby, a two-month-old preemie with a couple of other little children and dogs so we just grabbed them, brought them in, and kept them warm," Robin Weaver of Crosspointe Church said. "Many were scared, they were just tired and said it took them all by surprise," Weaver added. Weaver didn't stop at providing towels and some change of clothing found in the church's storage, she helped transport some families without vehicles to connect with their loved ones. "I just dropped off a family in Ellenton. They had family coming to meet them from Tampa and she was saying she came out this morning, they had been sleeping and walked into her living room and the water was about to her knee and thigh area, and then she said we've got to get what we can get and get out of here. As they got to the street, it kind of went down a little bit and she said it was up to her neck," she explained. Some of those neighbors were later taken to Nolan Middle School which opened up as a shelter so they could get the assistance they needed. MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/manateecounty/manatee-county-evacuate-debby-flooding/67-22cb5c16-cd56-4604-a8a4-bc61ae77d932 ►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube ►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/ ►Facebook: https://facebook.com/10TampaBay ►X: https://twitter.com/10TampaBay