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October 25–27 – Hurricane Sandy produced 20 ft (6.1 m) high waves in Palm Beach County while the storm passed east of the state, causing flooding, beach erosion, and $14 million worth of damage. Winds from the storm reached 67 mph (108 km/h) in the state, strong enough to leave about 1,000 people without power.
Collectively this storm, the 1926 Miami hurricane, and the 1928 hurricane claimed over 3,280 lives in Florida—three of the state's 10 most impactful weather events in the 20th century; the 1926 storm would be the costliest of any U.S. hurricane in present monetary values.
King tide flooding in Miami-Dade was predicted for Aug. 30 to Sept. 2, the season peak Sept. 27 to Oct. 3, Oct. 15-16 and during the full moon Oct. 25-31. Each round of flooding from king tides ...
October 17, 2016 tidal flooding on a sunny day, during the "king tides" in Brickell, Miami that peaked at 4 ft MLLW.. Tidal flooding, also known as sunny day flooding [1] or nuisance flooding, [2] is the temporary inundation of low-lying areas, especially streets, during exceptionally high tide events, such as at full and new moons.
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 recording 21.66 inches, according to the ...
Wednesday and Thursday are going to be the wet days, a Miami forecaster says.
Several counties had states-of-emergencies declared for them by Governor Ron DeSantis [10] along with Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, and Miami-Dade County by their own leaders. [11] The National Weather Service declared a flash flood emergency. [12] Fort Lauderdale and Miami Beach opened sites to distribute sandbags. [13] Over 100 pumps were set ...
A flood advisory was issued for Miami-Dade County around 4 p.m. and has been repeatedly extended. It is now set to end at 6 p.m. A flood advisory is issued when flooding is expected but will not ...