BUT SO FAR, WE LOOK OKAY. WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED. WE’LL BE BACK IN A BIT, GUYS.
>> Jacey: ALL RIGHT.
OUR TEAM COVERAGE GOES BACK TO
FORT LAUDERDALE RIGHT NOW.
>> Eric: LOCAL 10’S PARKER
BRANTON LIVE.
THERE’S WATER ON THE ROADS.
WHERE ARE YOU, PARKER.
>> Reporter: WE’RE IN THE
MELROSE NEIGHBORHOOD.
HERE ALL MORNING LONG.
WATER RECEDING SOME.
BUT NOT IN THE CLEAR JUST YET.
YOU CAN SEE A TRUCK MOVING
THROUGH JUST NOW.
WHERE WE’RE STANDING ABOUT ANKLE
DEEP WATER.
THE FARTHER YOU GET BACK INTO
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, THE WATER
GETS DEEPER.
IT IS BECAUSE SOME OF THE STRONG
GUSTS PUSHING THE WATER BACK
TOWARDS THAT AREA.
WE HAVE SEEN SOME CARS LIKE THAT
TRUCK TAKEN IT TO THE BACK PART
OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
OTHERS HAVE NOT.
WE’VE ALSO SEEN WATER CREEPING
UP TO THE FRONT DOORS OF SOME
HOMES.
THIS MORNING, WATER IS INVADING
NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS BROWARD
COUNTY, THE ALREADY SATURATED
GROUND IS OVERWHELMED.
FORT LAUDERDALE AUTHORITIES SAY
THERE IS NOWHERE FOR IT TO GO.
>> THE PROCESS IS RIGHT NOW
TRYING TO PUMP OUT STORM DRAINS
THAT MAY HAVE BEEN CLOGGED.
WE ALREADY HAVE A STORM WATER
SYSTEM IN PLACE.
AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE CONTINUING
TO REBUILD OUR STORM WATER
SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
BUT THOSE THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN
IN PLACE, THEY’RE OVERWHELMED BY
THE AMOUNT OF RAIN WE’VE BEEN
GETTING THE PAST 6 TO 4 WEEKS.
>> Reporter: ETA CREATING A MESS
IN FORT LAUDERDALE, WITHSTANDING
WATER MEASURING MORE THAN A FOOT
PLUS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS.
SOME SPOTS SEEING ABOUT TWO FEET
OF WATER.
WATER SEEPING INTO PEOPLE’S
LAWNS AND DRIVEWAYS IN THE RIVER
OAKS NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> IT GETS PRETTY MUCH AND I
HAVE A LONG DRIVEWAY.
IT HAS DAMAGED SOME STUFF AND IT
GETS PRETTY FAR IN.
>> Reporter: THIS IS THE MELROSE
PARK NEIGHBORHOOD EARLY SUNDAY.
SIDE STREETS LOOKED LIKE RIVERS
STRANDING RESIDENTS INSIDE OF
THEIR HOMES.
>> IT NEVER USED TO BE A FLOOD
ZONE.
I’M TIRED OF THIS.
REALLY TIRED.
>> Reporter: SEVERAL TOW TRUCKS
WERE CALLED OUT.
THIS TOW TRUCK DRIVER SAYS ABOUT
TEN TRUCKS WERE DISPATCHED IN
THE MORNING, HELPING OUT STALLED
DRIVERS.
PUBLIC WORKS CREWS ALSO WORKING
AROUND THE CLOCK TRYING TO STEER
OUT STORM DRAINS SO THAT THE
STANDING WATER DOESN’T SEEP INTO
HOMES.
AND RIGHT NOW YOU’RE TAKING A
LIVE LOOK AT WATER ON PARK DRIVE
IN THE MELROSE PARK
NEIGHBORHOOD.
AGAIN, WE HAVE SEEN THINGS
STARTING TO RECEDE A LITTLE BIT.
BUT STILL NOT IN THE CLEAR AT
ALL, AS WE’VE SEEN IN THE BACK
PART OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
STILL SOME PRETTY DEEP WATERS.
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS
WE’VE SEEN FOLKS GETTING READY
PREPARING WITH SAND BAGS AND
THAT KIND OF THING.
WELL, IN SOME CASES IN THIS
AREA, SAND BAGS DID SOME HELP
BUT IT STILL GOT INTO OTHERS
HOMES AS WELL.
WE’LL CHECK THAT OUT AS THE SUN
STARTS TO COME UP AND PEOPLE
START TO WAKE UP.
OBVIOUSLY NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE ON
THE STREET RIGHT NOW TO TAKE A
LOOK AT WHAT THIS IS DOING TO
THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AS SOON AS THAT HAPPENS WE’LL
KEEP YOU UPDATED HERE IN THE
MELROSE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD.
PARKER BRANTON, LOCAL 10 NEWS.
>> Jacey: FROM PARKER NOW WE GO
TO IAN MARGOL.
HE IS STANDING BY LIVE IN KEY
WEST ALONG GULF STREET.
>> Eric: IAN ALL MORNING IS
TALKING ABOUT THE LACK OF
ACTIVITY WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM
ANDREW PEREZ WHO IS NOT TOO FAR
NORTH FROM YOU IAN.
HAS THAT STORY STAYED
CONSISTENT?
>> Reporter: YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
IT IS LOOKING VERY MUCH THE
SAME.
IT IS INCREDIBLE TO THINK GOING
NORTH TO MARATHON OR EVEN NORTH
THERE TO KEY LARGO HOW DIFFERENT
IT IS THAN WE’RE SEEING HERE IN
KEY WEST.
WE DID SEE SOME BUSINESSES BOARD
UP IN CASE FOR THIS AND PUT OUT
SAND BAGS HERE, WE’RE SEEING
THAT HERE ALONG DUVAL STREET.
BUT AS YOU LOOK UP TO THE TREES
HERE, THERE’S BARELY EVEN A
BREEZE, WHICH REALLY IS AMAZING.
WE DID SEE LOCALIZED FLOODING AS
WE WERE DRIVING AROUND AND
BLOODING MAY REALLY BE OVERXACH
RATING.
IT WAS SMALL PUDDLES ESPECIALLY
IN MIAMI-DADE AND BROWARD RIGHT
NOW.
CALLING THIS FLOODING THAT WE
SEE RIGHT HERE, THIS DOESN’T
SEEM LIKE THE RIGHT THING.
THERE ARE PUDDLES FROM HIGH TIDE
AND LITTLE RAIN OVERNIGHT.
WHAT WE’RE SEEING THIS MORNING
AND EXPLAINING TO YOU ALL
MORNING LONG, SOME GUSTING WIND,
SOME SPRINKLING RAIN, BUT,
AGAIN, KEY WEST SEEMING TO GET
LUCKY ON THIS ONE, GUYS.