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the top at 4:00. Historic
Flooding causing nightmares for
people across South Florida.
Rescue crews busy pulling people
out, their water filled homes
left and there has been some
trouble on the tarmac at Fort
Lauderdale, Hollywood
International Airport Operations
have been shut down until early
tomorrow morning, a result of
all that rainfall. And students
in Broward County, getting the
day off today, schools were
closed for the day. But will be
closed tomorrow. A decision soon
be made. And we have live team
coverage. You our Local10 news
crews are out all across broward
county. They have everything you
need to know about this historic
that is said to happen just once
in 1000 years. And local roy
ramos kicks off our coverage
with rescue operations from fort
Lauderdale right nicole and
Calvin and since we last spoke
with you, we have moved
location. We’re actually right
off the state road four and
fourth avenue. That is where are
now bringing the residents that
are being from their homes. We
were in a swamp buggy but
they’re also utilizing
apparatuses like the one you’re
looking at right here. This
small little skiff that is how
they are getting inside of the
communities because the water is
so high. You can see some right
there with whatever they able to
grab from their homes as were as
they chose to leave. This is the
area that they are staging right
now, a rescue operations
continue as we speak. More than
two feet of flooding covering
across Fort Lauderdale and
Hollywood after torrential
downpours swept South Florida
Wednesday, drivers in their
tracks and dozens of vehicles
disabled after trying to
maneuver through the residential
areas now looking like lakes.
Florida Fish and Wildlife along
with the assistance of Fort
Lauderdale Fire Rescue going
through this area of Edgewood
we’re in a swamp buggy about
eight feet off the ground. Take
a look at the water level that
we are driving through this
point. We’re on our way to
gentleman that is handicapped,
unable to make it out of one of
these mobile homes. His sister
so concerned about him that. We
are on the way to try and rescue
him right now. Obviously he’s
inside of one of these
residences but you can see that
there is just feet of water
inside of each home. We pass a
mobile home community with
elderly residents trapped in
unable make it out. We traveled
with the crew as they went home
to home inside the lakes
community residents. The chaos
that unfolded when the lakes in
their community began rise
horrible. My cars got water all
the way on to the top and I was
scared. Then I came out and I
slept over here at my neighbor’s
house as rescue crews took
people back to the area of state
road 4/4 Avenue. It is the Red
Cross now assisting with trying
to get them back on their feet.
So we’ve been living here for
years with nothing this has ever
happened. By the time the water
started coming that we started
noticing, you know, it was
getting higher. We started
packing bags maybe around eight.
I would say harder to literally
just then and we got trapped in
the house and we have no other
choice but to spend the night
and as we come back I live I can
tell you that once the residents
are being brought to this
location they are being loaded
in vans like the ones you’re
looking at right there and then
headed to another location where
they will be treated by the Red
Cross and given the essential
items that they need. Just a few
moments ago, I did get a chance.
Speak to Chief Steve Golden with
the Fort Lauderdale fire, who
tells me that at right now they
are in the process of conducting
grid search. They are going home
to, home in those heavily hit
areas. But once that grid search
is, they those residents will
have to call 911 if they want to
get out of that area. They hope
to have that grid search
complete before the rain starts
coming down. We’re now in Fort
Lauderdale Roy Ramos, Local10
and. The rain is certainly on
the way yet again. Thanks a lot
to Roy. Our team coverage turns
to Melrose Park, another of Fort
Lauderdale and the there doesn’t
look like it will be clearing up
any time soon. Local10 Lee I’m
going to hand picks up our team
coverage from there in so we’ve
had a couple rounds of rain just
some sprinkles but it is the
last thing that the neighbors
here in Melrose Park want to
see. Take a look at this. This
is a several inches of water
that. This part of Fort
Lauderdale been under since. Yes
today. We have a view from ten
that flew over scene earlier
today and you can see it’s
blocked block after block that
is just covered in inches of
water. I spoke with neighbors
who said they had water in their
homes. I had neighbors who said
people they knew had their cars
stuck. We saw vehicles that had
been stranded since night. And
we can tell you there was even a
tow truck at one point was
stranded. I spoke to a neighbor
who was walking through that
flooded street with a cane and
said he was trying to catch with
that tow truck because he had
actually called it to help out
his relative. And then when that
tow truck was coming into the
neighborhood, what they
themselves ended up in need of a
tow. So he was walking out there
with his cane to give that
driver a hand. You’re looking
now at some video these images
from further into Melrose Park.
We sort of to the outskirts of
just so that we in a position to
be able to get out the rains
become heavier as forecasted.
But as you can see, if we could
come back out live briefly
before coming to our package
that we have for you. There are
people that are trying to make
their way through this water.
You can see this woman right
here making her way on foot.
We’ve seen on paddleboards on.
And again, we speak to at least
one person. There were multiple
, but one man did allow us
inside of his home to show us
exactly high. The water was at
one point last night and what
his roommate says needs to be
done to make sure that this
doesn’t happen again at events
eventually he’s come in. And how
high did it get into? But if
that. Yeah. Oh, my gosh. The
water is coming up closer. The
was up to the hood. Yeah well, I
don’t know. I just talked to my
manager I couldn’t go into work
today. I can, I can come to work
tomorrow because I saved my
life. I saved my life. Can’t.
The only thing they should do is
just fix the drains. They’re
going more deeper. So any time
the rainfall if any flooding
again when a runoff was yeah
that’s the only. We have our own
year year all right so a man
just drove here if we can just
show you. So you said you had
some water come into your home.
Can you tell me briefly just how
many inches you said you had
inside? Yeah. Came in the front
back. My dog was swimming to get
out to go to the bathroom. And
you said you have no insurance.
Or is that right? No insurance.
Most well, I’m sure half the
people in here, but a lot of
people have no insurance. Well,
good luck, sir. I’ll. I’ll let
you get through. You got a
truck. So I think you’re I think
you’re going to. All right. A
lot of people in some trouble
here hoping to stay dry tonight.
I’ll send it back to you. Oh, it