Fort Lauderdale's airport reopened Friday morning, two days after an unprecedented and severe flood left planes and travelers stranded, as residents in the city's hardest hit neighborhoods began the slow process of cleaning up the mess left behind.
left planes and travelers stranded, as residents in the city's hardest hit neighborhoods began the slow process of cleaning up the mess left behind.
In Fort Lauderdale's Edgewood neighborhood on Friday morning, the water level had receded about a foot from Thursday but was still up to 2 feet deep in some spots as residents tried to clean up. There were no immediate reports of injuries or deaths. "For context, within a six-hour period, the amount that fell is about a 1 in 1,000 chance of happening within a given year," Bhatti said."So it's a very historical type of event."
The bridal tiara from their marriage last month is still hanging on the headboard of their bed. When the water started gushing into their home Wednesday night, they went outside and found foot-high cinder blocks that they used to prop the bed up.
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