Florida Floodplain International Airport Resumes Operations

The international airport of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood (FLL) announced this Friday the resumption of its operations, which had been interrupted since Wednesday afternoon due to the floods by a front that dumped rain on the southeast of Florida since Sunday.

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The city of Fort Lauderdaleabout 25 miles north of Miami, is hardest hit by flooding, but all of Broward County was declared an emergency Thursday by the governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis.

The airlines with a presence in FLLone of the busiest airports in Floridawith more than 31 million passengers in 2022, will begin operating at 09:00 local time (13:00 GMT), the airport reported early this Friday in a message through the networks in which it warned travelers that they should call companies before going to the terminal.

As seen in photographs and videos taken this Thursday, the storm that fell on Wednesday in Fort Lauderdale It flooded the runways and other outdoor areas of the airport, including the road leading to the arrivals area, like many other roads in that city.

Neighborhoods Entire ones were still flooded last night with people trapped in their homes and thousands of vehicles stranded throughout the city.

“It’s a major flood”said this Friday at a press conference the executive director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) kevin guthriewho carried out an aerial inspection and confessed to having observed an area of ​​up to 20 flooded blocks

Rainfall in 24 hours in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday they set a new Florida record of 25.91 inches (0.65 meters).

The previous record was 23.28 inches (0.59 meters) and was broken in 1980 in Key West, in the Florida Keys, according to local television WPLG.

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According to him US Weather Servicetwo tornadoes struck Wednesday in Broward, damaging homes and mobile homes in Dania Beacha city near Fort Lauderdale.

The rains began on Sunday in the south of Florida and they did not stop throughout Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, days during which firefighters rescued up to 600 people from their homes, according to local media.

“We are determined to make sure our residents are safe, restore the community and the neighborhoods”said this Friday the mayor of Fort Lauderdale, Dean Trantaliswho confirmed that no deaths have been reported due to the rains and floods.

Guthrie He noted that the scale of the disaster is unlikely to reach the minimum standards for the federal government to offer financial assistance to those who have suffered damage to their homes.

As today, Thursday dawned clear but in the afternoon it began to rain again intensely in the area affected by this almost stationary front over southeastern Florida, as defined by the FDEM.

The FDEM has deployed staff to support local efforts, including gathering information so storm damage can be assessed.

Starting Thursday, public schools in Broward are closed and the classes suspended due to storm.

Source: Elcomercio

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