Heavy to excessive rainfall may bring "considerable to locally catastrophic urban flooding" across South Florida through Friday, the National Weather Service warns.
The big picture: The intense downpours that flooded streets in Miami and Fort Lauderdale and prompted Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to declare an emergency in affected counties and severely disrupted travel on Wednesday eased on Thursday evening, but South Florida remains under a flood watch through 8pm Friday.
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Editor's Note: The most updated information on South Florida flood coverage can be found here.
Torrential downpours in South Florida over the past 24 hours have flooded roads throughout the region, creating life-threatening conditions — and forecasters warned heavy to excessive rainfall was expected to last through Friday.
The big picture: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared an emergency in Broward, Collier, Lee, Miami-Dade and Sarasota counties "due to major flooding" soon after the mayors of Miami and Fort Lauderdale both declared local states of emergency on Wednesday evening.
