Florida braces for more rainfall after days of intense downpour and flash flooding
A slow-moving storm system infused with deep tropical moisture over South Florida will bring more very heavy rain and thunderstorms Thursday — one day after flash flooding turned streets into rivers and triggered hundreds of flight delays and cancellations.
A slow-moving storm system infused with deep tropical moisture over South Florida will bring more very heavy rain and thunderstorms Thursday — one day after flash flooding turned streets into rivers and triggered hundreds of flight delays and cancellations. Over a foot of rainfall was clocked in multiple areas.
Seven million people remained under a flood watch Thursday across South Florida for what's forecast to be a third day of intense deluge.
"Even a small duration of heavy rainfall could lead to more flash flooding!" the National Weather Service office in Miami warned on X.
As of Thursday morning, flood warnings were allowed to expire in parts of southern Florida, but residual flooding continues and several roads remain closed in hard hit areas. Heavy rain is forecast to pick up in the afternoon and evening hours
The National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center has issued a moderate risk of excessive rainfall through Friday morning.
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