All Roads In Florida Become Rivers || Storms and Flooding In Broward - Fort Lauderdale, Miami

All Roads In Florida Become Rivers || Hurricanes and Flooding In Broward - Fort Lauderdale, Miami Torrential rain and strong winds knocked out power in South Florida metropolitan areas and forced schools to close Thursday... The overnight flash flood warning expired Thursday morning, but South Florida could see light rain at times today, especially along the East Coast...... The flood watch affecting millions of people in Southeast Florida has ended, but a flood watch remained in place for nearly 1.5 million people in East Florida through late evening..... High wind warnings are also in place across south and east Florida, with wind gusts of 60 mph in some areas. Around 7am.... More than 125,000 homes and businesses were without power in Florida as of Thursday, with Miami-Dade County accounting for more than half of those outages, according to the power outage tracking website ... . Although the heaviest rains moved off Florida’s southeast coast by Thursday morning, the rain still affected areas of already saturated ground..... “Drainage will be difficult in many coastal areas due to high tides. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly,” the Miami Weather Service warned..... The torrential rains come just months after a once-in-1,000-year downpour led to Fort Lauderdale’s wettest day on record, when 22.5 inches of rain fell on April 12, drowning the children. roads and surrounding areas and forced the airport to close. . Southeast Florida was hit the hardest, with rainfall totals expected to reach double digits.... Areas around Fort Lauderdale, Miami and the southwest Florida Keys could see 48-hour rainfall totals of up to 10 inches.... As of Wednesday night, Miami had received inches of rain in the previous 24 hours, while Hollywood received inches and Fort Lauderdale recorded 4.2 inches of rain during the same period, according to the newspaper. preliminary report from the National Weather Service. .. Broward County Public Schools canceled classes and closed administrative offices Thursday due to safety concerns, the school district said on its website... Broward College in Fort Lauderdale will be closed Thursday for the second day in a row due to flooding in surrounding areas, the school announced online. Meanwhile, in Lauderdale Lakes, located in Broward County, wind gusts toppled a tree and destroyed two cars, CNN affiliate WSVN reported Wednesday.