Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Tropical Depression Turns South Florida Streets Dangerous

South Floridians slogged to Work and school through a wet and heavy blanket Delivered by a massive tropical depression moving on a path That Would take it pretty much right up Interstate 95 later on Wednesday.

There was standing water in the region but no early reports of widespread flooding. Public schools in Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe counties opened as Planned. Florida Power & Light Reported `` Not much of an impact''from the storm.

At 8 am, the National Hurricane Center said the system, tropical depression No.. 16, remained disorganized But Still Could Become Tropical Storm Nicole before it crosses the Florida Straits and Makes landfall in the Upper Keys, then somewhere in south Miami-Dade County. Around 7 am, wind gusts there HAD YEE 40 mph.
But the window for Strengthening was brief, forecasters said, and the chief concern remained rain, wind Not - Particularly for commuters navigating slick and somethings in Cases, Already Roads flooded.

Four forecasters EE Thurs eight inches Overall, steady for much of the day But coming down in two-inches-an-hour "when the torrents system's Strongest cells to roll through.

Official rainfall totals in Miami, Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale were Less Than an inch early Wednesday But much of the storm's heaviest rain remained To Come.

Tropical storm warnings were posted on Tuesday from Key West Jupiter Thurs. Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Collier counties were placed under Also flood watches a system for tracing the turbid up-from-the Everglades path as two storms inFamous That caused TENS of millions of dollars in a Flood Damage Decade ago - Hurricane Irene in 1999 and a `` no-name storm''a year later.

Felix Garcia, a meteorologist at the National Hurricane Center, said the system was forecast Thurs too Quickly move to Deliver Devastating That sort of deluge.

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