Crews were out spraying insecticide to kill adult mosquitoes and larvae in an effort to prevent standing water from becoming a feasting ground for the pesky disease-carrying flies on Tuesday morning in Fort Lauderdale.
Neighbors in Melrose Park have been through this before. The last 500-year storm came in 2020, when streets, sidewalks and yards disappeared under the floodwaters left by Tropical Storm Eta.
Record-breaking flooding throughout Fort Lauderdale and other parts of Broward County has created perfect conditions for a "boom" in mosquitoes to begin in the next few days, experts say.