It happened in the area of Dixie Avenue as the deputy and a Dade City law enforcement official were scouting floodwaters, officials said.

A flooding reconnaissance mission in Pasco County led to a deputy needing to be rescued. The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office says one of its deputies and an officer from the Dade City Police Department were in the area of Dixie Avenue on Friday afternoon conducting flooding reconnaissance when the vehicle they were in overturned and was submerged in water.

A woman who was reported missing after going to a hurricane shelter on Tuesday was found dead inside a submerged vehicle in Pasco County.