Weather & Science
Florida Flooding Emergency Worsens as Thunderstorms Line Up
- Record rains close highways, ground flights across state
- Damages likely will top $1 billion before the deluge stops
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Florida is being swept by a line of thunderstorms set to crash down on Miami, as heavy rain that already has brought Fort Lauderdale its rainiest June day ever wrings out across southern Florida and is likely to push losses over $1 billion.
The thunderstorms dropped 3 inches (7.62 centimeters) in two hours on Fort Meyers, said Bob Oravec, a forecaster at the US Weather Prediction Center. “It’s another big day,” he said. “A very wet pattern.”