Life-threatening rainfall pummeling South Florida that’s closed I-95 and caused major delays at the region’s two largest airports Wednesday was considered a flash flood emergency — an “exceedingly rare” circumstance classified by forecasters when catastrophic damage is imminent.
Around 3:40 p.m., the National Weather Service issued a flash flood emergency for portions of southern Broward County and northern Miami-Dade County. The emergency was in effect until 8:00 pm.
Cities under the emergency advisory: Miami Gardens, North Miami Beach, Pembroke Pines, Hollywood, Miramar and Dania Beach. Other urban city centers in both counties were forecast to see the greatest threat of flash flooding.
Forecasters said they’ve received numerous “non-stop” reports of flash flooding. At one point, the NWS had six flash flood warnings in effect throughout the region. #southflorida #weather #rain #flood #miami #broward #storm #emergency
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