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Six million people remain under a flood watch through Friday evening across southern Florida, including metro areas of Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Fort Myers and Naples.
On the new maps in Palm Beach County, about 5,000 properties have moved to a high-risk flood zone, also considered a "special flood hazard area," from a low- or medium-risk flood zone.
[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).
Northeast Miami-Dade County received over 22 in (560 mm). [14] On June 12, various places in Sarasota County, just south of Tampa Bay, recorded 24 hour rainfall totals of 6–10 in (150–250 mm). [20] Rainfall of this magnitude can be expected to hit this area once every 500 to 1000 years. [21]
As rainfall totals began to mount Wednesday, state agencies moved in, sending personnel and pumps to South Florida, DeSantis said. The state also sent 10 pallets of food and 14 pallets of water to ...
South Florida sees more than a foot of rain. South Florida has seen 8 to 14 inches of rain since Tuesday, with North Miami and Hallandale Beach recording up to 20 inches of rain and Miami Shores ...
If the water levels rose more than 12 feet there, it would be considered a 500-year-flood event based on water levels, according to the flood maps. Governor Ron DeSantis has called Ian ...
The rainfall causes flooding and a few indirect traffic deaths, and damage in the state totals $5 million (1960 USD, $36 million 2008 USD). [ 21 ] September 10, 1960– Hurricane Donna strikes near Cape Sable after crossing the Florida Keys , and after briefly moving emerging into the Gulf of Mexico makes its final landfall near Fort Myers .