Fort Lauderdale, Florida storm pictures: FLL airport, streets flooded

Images and movies amid a storm that has up to now dumped greater than 25 inches of rain over coastal areas in Florida present a serious airport pressured to close down, flooded buildings, overwhelmed highways and underwater parking tons.

A flood watch was in impact throughout a lot of South Florida by means of Thursday night time, the Nationwide Climate Service mentioned. Climate service meteorologist Ana Torres-Vasquez mentioned the rain within the Fort Lauderdale space was a “1-in-1,000-year occasion or extra” – which means it’s so intense the prospect of it occurring in any given 12 months is simply 0.1%.

Fort Lauderdale was slammed with 25.95 inches of rainfall over the past two days and close by Dania Seaside recorded 21.42 inches, AccuWeather reported. Some areas acquired 20 inches of rain in six hours. Hollywood and South Miami acquired not less than 9 inches of rain.

Sections of I-95, the state’s important north-south visitors artery, had been overwhelmed by water for a number of hours. 

Stay updates:Storm swamps Fort Lauderdale with 25 inches of rain