Sorry for the late reply 😅 I hope your doing okay there and good thing flood didn't enter your house. I understand the feeling of paranoia when water begins to rise when it rains continuously. 😩
So the water didn't go away and people ride boats instead? People need to wake up and force the government to do something with the situation. Have the higher officials know maybe? Is this where you live?
That's my state and it happened last June and these days the weather patterns are just unstable so we can't really rely on them. Higher officials know but they have no idea how to control this. I think next year we might actually see water enter most of the houses in my neighborhood. It came really close this year.
You and your family need to relocate if government won't fix the problem. Maybe sell your land then move to a better area. 😩
Neighbour states are no different xd. It's bound to happen at some point.