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In mid-April, a storm system that stalled over South Florida dumped up to 25 inches (63.5 centimeters) of rain on parts of Fort Lauderdale, causing neighborhoods to flood.
The flood risk will increase through the week as storms unload drenching rain over the same area day after day, causing rainfall totals to climb, soils to saturate and area waterways to swell.
The South Florida Water Management District, the main agency in charge of keeping the region dry, has a system that is designed to handle about 6 to 8 inches of rain per day.
Storm surge and abnormally high tides flooded several single-family homes on the Florida Bay side of the island, damaged many docks, and destroyed a 100 ft (30 m) concrete seawall in Tavernier. [18] The Monroe County Sheriff's Office closed an 18 mi (29 km) stretch of U.S. Route 1 between Key Largo and Florida City and Card Sound Road due to ...
Farther south, Fort Myers recorded 5.44 in (138 mm) of rain, the most recorded there in a 24 hour span. [22] The South Florida Water Management District set up five temporary pumps in Miami Beach and along the Miami River. [23] Interstate 95 southbound in Broward County had to be rerouted to avoid a flooded section of the route.
Wednesday afternoon's heavy rain in southeast Florida follows flooding reported on the west coast of the state yesterday. The Sarasota-Bradenton airport set a new preliminary record for 1-hour ...
[214] [215] Due to the large size of the storm, damaging winds and flooding impacted much of Florida's gulf coast. In areas closer to the Big Bend such as Steinhatchee , storm surge reached up to 9.63 feet (2.94 m), while areas as far south as Key West experienced storm surge of 1 to 3 feet (0.30 to 0.91 m).
An abandoned car sits submerged in flood waters near the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Thursday after heavy rainfall hit the area. - Jim Watson ...