The city said in a news release that firefighters responded to 15 calls for service in high-water vehicles overnight Wednesday.įort Lauderdale saw the highest tide it has seen all year Thursday morning, compounding the flooding, officials said, and it will take time for the water to drain in low-lying and coastal areas. The downpour mainly led to street flooding, Trantalis said, and while the wet roadways have been a “nuisance,” he said, “we have not seen anything like the devastating flood that we saw back April 12.”įort Lauderdale Fire Rescue received 80 calls for service relating to the storms, the mayor said. The water and wind damage city officials assessed Thursday was minor to moderate, the city said in a statement. Still, Fort Lauderdale emerged from the storm without any major damage. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel) Sand covers the Hollywood Broadwalk on Thursday, Nov. Wind speeds at Port Everglades topped out at 75 mph, Government Cut in Miami saw 75 mph and Dania Pier reached 70 mph. Wind gusts were near hurricane strength in some areas, Hadi said. “There was a gradient between warm and cold air, so it wasn’t tropical.” “This system was connected to a frontal boundary,” he said. National Weather Service Miami meteorologist Sammy Hadi said tropical systems pick up their energy from warm water. While the rain and wind were reminiscent of a tropical storm, the area of low pressure that produced the tempest was not considered a tropical system. The 102 inches so far this year is nearly 40 inches more than the annual rainfall for 2022, according to South Florida Water Management District data. The storms damaged crops that were “destined for Thanksgiving tables around the US” in Miami-Dade County, Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, Thursday evening. Miami-Dade County was hard-hit as well: Biscayne Park got 10.12 inches and Coral Gables and Coconut Grove were both soaked with just over 9 inches of rain. The Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport recorded about 10 inches, Weston picked up 10.36 inches and Miramar 9.89 inches. Oakland Park, Wilton Manors, Cooper City, Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport and Pembroke Pines all received over 12 inches. Lauderdale-by-the-Sea received the most rain, at 13.31 inches, according to the National Weather Service Miami. South Florida will see “quiet and benign weather” for the rest of the week, forecasters said, after a night of steady storms that swamped roads, snapped power lines and trees and dredged up memories of the historic April flooding for residents in some of Broward County’s more flood-prone areas.īroward took the biggest soaking of the South Florida region.
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