Heavy rains have mainly affected Miami-Dade and Broward counties, in southeastern Florida.
the south of Florida faces torrential rains that have caused floodstornadoes, highway closuressuspension of classes and cancellations of nearly 300 flights, especially at the airport Fort Lauderdale.
The threat the rest precipitationwhich have reached up to 1.2 meters in some sectors, joins the possibility of developing a Tropical depression in the western Gulf of Mexico next week, which if it occurs will also affect Texas and other states, according to meteorological authorities.
The rains have mainly affected the counties of Miami-Dade and Browardin southeastern Florida, but generally throughout Alligator Alleyalong Interstate 75 that runs through the wetlands Everglades From East to West.
In these counties several universities They have announced the closure of classes.
Miami-Dade, in emergency
The mayor of Miami-Dade, Daniella Levine Cavadeclared on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, a local state of emergencyeffective immediately, in response to inclement weather.
“As our departments work to keep residents and businesses safe, this is a necessary step to protect the healththe safety and well-being of our entire community,” said the mayor on the X social network account.
Rescues and canceled flights
Local television stations in both affected counties have shown scenes of stranded cars in the water, frustrated travelers in airports and fallen trees, including tourist streets Miami Beachwhich despite the elevation of several of its streets is still the epicenter of flooding.
The platform Flightawarewhich counts canceled and delayed flights, reported on Wednesday night 285 canceled flights at the Miami and Fort Lauderdale airports.
The flooding of a house in the north of Miamiwhere the water reached 1.20 meters, led firefighters to the rescue of its residents.
Likewise some sections Interstate 95 in Broward and Miami-Dade had to be temporarily closed.
A possible tornado downed trees in Hobe Sound, isolating the Jupiter Island. The southeast coast of Florida has also been affected since Tuesday with floods in Sarasota.
