South Florida Gets Soaked As Potential Tropical Storm Prepares To Cross State

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Heavy rain, high winds, and floods hit South Florida Saturday morning, dropping 11 inches since Friday, and cars are parked on the streets of Fort Lauderdale and Miami.

The airline canceled more than 500 flights to Miami and Fort Lauderdale airports, including some on Saturday mornings, according to FlightAwar.

Miami firefighters tweeted a video of cars in the water, saying they were assisting six drivers of high-speed water vehicles.

The National Weather Service (NWS) has extended flood warnings in Miami and Fort Lauderdal until at least noon.

“It rained between 6 and 11 inches. There could be 2 to 5 inches of precipitation in the alert area, "the NWS office in Miami said.

More than 10 million people in South Florida, Cuba and the Bahamas remain under surveillance or warning of a tropical storm, even though the first round of tropical potential is sparsely organized on the state's west coast.

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) says it may not be the first hurricane of the Atlantic hurricane season before it sweeps through Florida on Saturday.

"Concerns are expected to escalate into a tropical storm off the east coast of Florida (Saturday night), with a slight tonight-to-Monday system increase in the western Atlantic, which is far from Florida," the NHC said.

In some places you can see 15 inches of late Saturdays; There were 11 inches in Miami from 9am to 9pm.

As of 8:00 am, the center said winds were blowing 45 miles southwest of Fort Myers and blowing 40 miles per hour.

Tropical storm warnings have been lifted for parts of Florida's west coast. However, the warning remains valid in the Florida Keys, other parts of the West Coast, East Coast, and Lake Okeechobee, as well as parts of Cuba and the Bahamas.

The watch indicates that tropical storm conditions are possible.

Tropical storm warnings are in effect for the Cuban provinces of Matanzas and Isla de la Juventud. This means tropical storm conditions are expected.

And finally, more tornadoes may occur off the southeastern coast of Florida on Saturday.

FlightAware reported that 841 flights were canceled by multiple storm systems on Friday.

US airlines have warned that flights to Florida airports will continue until the end of the week.

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