South Florida floods: Fort Lauderdale Airport closed as area sees greater than two toes of rain

South Florida has been hit with greater than two toes of rain inflicting floods and extreme disruption to the area.

It’s an “unprecedented amount” of rainfall for the world in line with Miami meteorologist Shawn Bhatti, who added that the full precipitation throughout the six-hour interval was a “one in 1,000 chance” occasion in a yr.

The rain was at its heaviest on Wednesday in Broward County, southeast Florida, and measured as much as 25in on some gauges.

Fort Lauderdale issued a state of emergency, and its Hollywood International Airport will stay closed till Friday morning as a result of scale of particles and extra water. Its City Hall can also be shut, flooded and with out energy.

Roads have been swamped as one witness mentioned he noticed deserted vehicles “floating like boats” within the Fort Lauderdale streets.

A video emerged of a person swimming to the kerb as automobiles drifted by.

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Some faculties grew to become inaccessible as a result of floods and people in Broward County have been pressured to cancel courses right this moment because the deluge had entered hallways and lecture rooms the day earlier than.

Toni Barnes, director of emergency administration of Broward Schools mentioned: “Staff members making an attempt to go away campuses – they have been unable – they have been trapped of their vehicles.

“We had to call fire rescue to assist our parents out of their cars to get them into the school because they were trapped.”

Rescue operations passed off by the evening, although there have not been any experiences of accidents or deaths as of but.

Meanwhile, the Red Cross has been offering these affected with blankets and refreshments as crews proceed to empty the town of water.

The National Weather Service has forecast extra showers and thunderstorms within the space tonight, which may proceed into Friday.