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marmar

(76,990 posts)
Thu May 28, 2020, 10:10 AM May 2020

Miami-Dade scrambling to repair damage from some of the worst floods in two decades


(Miami Herald) Multiple streetlights are down in Doral. Miami, Hialeah and Doral blocked off roads to deal with continued flooding. Cars now await their owners in tow yards. Employees were trapped overnight at the county’s animal shelter.

Hard and fast rain on Tuesday triggered some of the worst floods in Miami-Dade County since 2000, according to the mayors of Doral and Hialeah. Cities scrambled to repair the damage as flooding returned Wednesday afternoon after three days of intense rainfall.

In a press release, the American Red Cross said it had coordinated emergency aid for more than 60 families impacted by the flooding. Thirty-nine of those families were in a Miami mobile home community, where water entered some homes. ...............(more)

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article243021816.html




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Miami-Dade scrambling to repair damage from some of the worst floods in two decades (Original Post) marmar May 2020 OP
Better get used to it. Large swathes of Miami-Dade county will become uninhabitable. friendly_iconoclast May 2020 #1
From the sky and from the sea . . . . hatrack May 2020 #2

hatrack

(59,446 posts)
2. From the sky and from the sea . . . .
Thu May 28, 2020, 08:06 PM
May 2020

And when it floods, the water is filled with shit (literally). Check "The Water Will Come" for a sneak preview of the rest of this century in south Florida.

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