High Tides Could Cause Flooding Headaches In Miami-Dade
The next few months could bring localized flooding due to unusually high tide events in Miami-Dade County.
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The next few months could bring localized flooding due to unusually high tide events in Miami-Dade County.
Miami-Dade County officials are warning local residents they may see some localized flooding due to high tide events during several days over the next few months.
Seasonal high tides are creating a watery mess on Miami Beach. The twice-daily flooding is impacting residents, business owners, and vacationers.
Parts of South Beach are drying out from flood waters, which weren't caused by any rain, but caused by an astronomical high tide, in other words, blame it on the moon.
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Relief is on the way for residents in Florida's Panhandle following flooding in July.
The past few days have been soggy and cloudy across South Florida with serious flooding for many.
It was another day of flooding and frustration on Miami Beach.
People who live on Miami Beach were hit hard again, Thursday, with heavy rainfall.
Flooded streets and roadways created commuter chaos, Wednesday, as several inches of rain fell in a short period of time.
Heavy rainfall on Miami Beach forced drivers to take it slowly and drenched the set-up for the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week: Swim 2013, Wednesday morning.
Urban flood advisories were cancelled in Broward County as rain slowed to a trickle by Wednesday afternoon, but with meteorologists seeing more rain on radar for Wednesday evening, flood waters could rise even higher.
Get ready for more wet weather. Thunderstorms and heavy downpours are likely at times again, Monday.
While it looks like part of the upcoming weekend will be a washout, it's not anything like what the area was facing earlier in the week.
In anticipation of Chantal's arrival on Friday as either a tropical depression or weak tropical storm, the City of Hollywood ready to help those residents who get hit hard when a storm with drenching rains moves through.
South Florida is used to heavy rain during the rainy season, but the amount of rain residents in the panhandle of Florida are seeing is almost unprecedented for a non-tropical system.
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The final days of June are looking stormy and summery for most of South Florida.
Keep that umbrella close by because some showers and storms are sweeping in across portions of South Florida Tuesday due to a weak tropical wave moving west from the Bahamas and into the Florida Straits.
The water is receding in Broward County but some are still feeling the effects of Friday's floods.
The water is receding in Broward County but some are still feeling the effects of Friday's floods.
Friday's flooding rains, which affected many neighborhoods throughout South Florida, left some residents with a soggy mess Saturday.
From Miami-Dade to Broward, heavy rains made Friday night a soggy mess—and the City of Aventura was no exception.
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