Thousands remain without power, and up to a foot of water reported, after two days of South Florida downpours courant.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from courant.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
High wind alert remains in place in South Florida on Thursday sun-sentinel.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sun-sentinel.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
After a night of flooding rains, South Florida residents emerged on Thursday to discover swamped roads, a closed pier, downed trees and snapped power lines while remaining under high wind alerts. Throughout South Florida, more than 110,000 were without power at dawn, a number that fell to 84,000 in the late morning. Broward County took the biggest soaking of the South Florida region. According .
A strengthening wind and rainstorm targeted South Florida from late Tuesday through Wednesday night, creating dangerous conditions for motorists, closing the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and leaving some streets and highways under water and some neighborhoods without power. Both winds and rain exceeded typical tropical storm strength. As AccuWeather meteorologists warned, a storm from the Gulf of Mexico reorganized and drew upon moisture from the Gulf, the Caribbean and the At