Fort Lauderdale officials say city recovering from historic flooding
Three days after the city received over 20 inches of rain in a few hours, Fort Lauderdale officials said Saturday that the city is slowly trying to recover.
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Three days after the city received over 20 inches of rain in a few hours, Fort Lauderdale officials said Saturday that the city is slowly trying to recover.
Marlies Perez's home and everything she and her family own is in ruin after historic rainfall slammed her Edgewood neighborhood.
The City of Fort Lauderdale updated residents about the flooding situation on Friday evening, saying some areas of the city are still seeing one to three feet of flooding.
The City of Dania Beach continues to face a flood emergency one day after record storms ended.
Peter D'Oench reports on the tour of one some of the areas hit hardest by flooding shows hundreds of homes that have been inundated after more than 25 inches of rain fell on Fort Lauderdale this week.
A tour of one some of the areas hit hardest by flooding shows hundreds of homes that have been inundated after more than 25 inches of rain fell on Fort Lauderdale this week.
Chopper 4 went over scenes of severe flooding to show how much water has been drained over the past 2r hours.
CBS News Gabrielle Arzola reports from Fort Lauderdale about the situation there.
Broward County Public School classes and activities will be closed on Friday for a second day in a row following historic flooding that swamped much of the county.
CBS News Miami's Gabrielle Arzola reports from Fort Lauderdale's flooded streets.
Officials said Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport will be closed until sometime early Friday morning after flooding rains drenched the area.
Broward Mayor Lamar Fisher provides an update on the efforts to deal with the flooding in the county.
Photos of flooding in the Miami, Broward County areas.
CBS News Miami's Joan Murray reports from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
CBS News Miami's Larry Seward reports from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
Triple A talks about what you can do with your vehicle affected by flooding.
Nicole Lauren reports the airport remains closed at least until noon.
The National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood Emergency and a Tornado Warning for parts of Broward County on Wednesday evening.
Broward County Public Schools announced late Thursday that it had cancelled classes and all school activities because of widespread flooding.
All Broward schools closed and activities canceled Thursday due to weather.
All arrivals and departures were temporarily halted at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Wednesday afternoon due to adverse weather conditions.
CBS News Miami's Peter D'Oench reports on street flooding throughout South Florida.
Residents at Holiday Acres in Hialeah dealt with days of flooding.
Widespread flooding was reported throughout South Florida on Wednesday afternoon.
In Edgewater, the city has been running pumps during downpours to lessen the rain's impact
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