A LOT MORE TO COME OF THIS OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. >> THIS IS A RAIN EVENT.
THANKS MICHAEL.
>> STORM PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY
ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA.
SOME ROAD START TO FLOW.
>> LOCAL 10 ÃSTANDING BY IN
BROWARD COUNTY.
>> ANDREW?
>> SOME RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS
OWNERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
FLOODING.
IT FLOODS IN CERTAIN PARTS OF
BROWARD COUNTY ON A REGULAR
FRIDAY.
LET ALONE A MUCH BIGGER SYSTEM
LIKE THIS.
WE ARE EXPECTING MORE RAIN TO
THE WEEKEND.
>> IT’S WINDY, WET.
>> IT’S A BIT OF A GHOST TOWN.
>> WE KIND OF HANG ON AS LONG
AS WE CAN.
>> SOME ÃAT HOLLYWOOD BEACH Ã
TRY TO PUSH FOR THE OTHER
BUSINESSES HAD PARTS.
>> IT’S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO
ORGANIZE AND GET STUFF ÃFOR US
TO CAPTURE.
>> ACROSS BROWARD COUNTY MANY
LIKE RICHARD GET IT.
LEARNING FROM SMALLER STORMS IN
THE PAST AND ÃSTANBACK’S IN
CASE.
>> ÃI’VE GOT TO |
>> AT PEMBROKE PINES TO FORT
LAUDERDALE TO ANOTHER SITE
ACROSS FROM THE POMPANO BEACH
AIRPORT.
>> MANY PREPARING FOR MORE RAIN
AND ANY PROBLEMS THAT COME WITH
IT.
>> TRYING TO GET READY
HOPEFULLY NO FLOODING.
I HAVE A ÃHOME IT’S ALREADY
READY TO OVERFLOW.
>> IF YOU ARE IN A LOW-LYING
AREA.
YOU KNOW YOU ARE.
BE MINDFUL OF THE AMOUNT OF
RAIN COMING UP IT IF YOU NEED
TO TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTIONS YOU
SHOULD DO SO.
>> THE BROWARD EMERGENCY
OPERATIONS CENTER IT’S NOT
FORMALLY ACTIVATED FOR THE
THERE TALKING ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF GETTING PREPARED
NOT JUST FOR THIS STORMS BUT
ALSO FOR HURRICANE SEASON AS WE
ARE JUST GETTING STARTED.
>> THE LATEST ON HOLLYWOOD
BEACH.
ANDREW PEREZ.
>> WE WILL CHECK IN AGAIN THANK
YOU.
>> LOCAL 10’S THE ÃAND HOW IT
LOOKS | WE KNOW ÃIS ONE OF
THE PLACES THAT LIKES TO FLOOD.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I’M HAPPY TO TELL YOU THE RAIN
IS PRETTY LIGHT RIGHT NOW.
THE ROADS ARE PRETTY DECENT
CONSIDERING WHAT WE SEEN
HISTORICALLY.
RIGHT NOW IT’S KIND OF LOUD.
THAT’S A GOOD THING BECAUSE
THIS PUMP HERE IS DOING
IMPORTANT WORK HELPING TO KEEP
THINGS DRY.
HELPING TO KEEP THAT FLOOD RISK
DOWN.
IN PLACES WHERE YOU SEEN SEVERE
FLOODING IN THE PAST THIS IS
REALLY CRUCIAL WORK.
>> FROM CUTLER BAY UP 95 .
>> AND EAST.
>> A RAINY MORNING MAKING FOR A
SOGGY WE CAN ON SOUTH BEACH
PEOPLE MAY THE WAY TO THE WET
WEATHER BY CAR.
>> AND ON FOOT.
>> OUR INFRASTRUCTURE BEING PUT
TO THE TEST BY THE FIRST
WHETHER IT EVENT OF THE 2022
HURRICANE SEASON.
>> PUMPS AT THE READY IN
EDGEWATER AND EVERY
HISTORICALLY PRONE TO FLOODING.
AS IS BRICKELL.
IN 2020 THE AREA SO SERIOUS
FLOODING EXACERBATED BY HIGH
TIDES.
FOLKS WHO CALL BRICKELL HOME
ALREADY KNOW THE WET WEATHER
JOE.
>> EVERY YEAR AROUND THIS TIME
IT’S THE SAME.
THE WEATHER IS ALWAYS BAD AFTER
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.
>> IT’S JUST THE BEGINNING.
IT’S BETTER TO BE PREPARED BUT
NOT GET TOO CRAZY.
>> AS PART OF THAT PREPAREDNESS
SOME THIS APPELLATE IS A
HANDICAP SANDBAG.
>> CREWS AT ÃPARKER MIAMI FOR
EXAMPLE HANDED OUT 12 SANDBAGS
PER HOUSEHOLD.
>> IT’S A GREAT ÃWE DO IT
EVERY TIME THERE’S A STORM
COMING.
WE ALWAYS BRING SAND TO
DISTRIBUTE.
THE STORM SINCE WE DON’T
BELIEVE IT WILL BE AS BIG AS A
HURRICANE WE ONLY HAVE ONE Ã
BUT WE USUALLY HAVE FOUR PILES.
>> AND MAY NOT BE AS BIG THE
HURRICANE OR TROPICAL STORM
EVEN AT THIS POINT.
WE KNOW EVEN THE WORST
THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH FLORIDA
THINGS CAN CHANGE LIKE THAT.
YOU HAVE HEARD THE WEATHER
AUTHORITY TEAM TO THE FLOOD
RISK DEFINITELY EXISTED ALL
AROUND SOUTH FLORIDA WE ARE
KEEPING AN EYE ON THE RADAR.
HOPEFULLY WATCHING LOCAL 10 TO
SEE HOW THINGS PROGRESS.
I’M HAPPY TO TELL YOU IN
BRICKELL THINGS ARE OKAY.
WE HAVE MANY MORE HOURS AND
ANOTHER DAY TO GO.