{"id":192598,"date":"2026-03-15T17:21:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T17:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/192598\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T17:21:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T17:21:07","slug":"rain-set-to-disrupt-southwest-floridas-spring-break-and-festivities-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/192598\/","title":{"rendered":"Rain set to disrupt Southwest Florida&#8217;s spring break and festivities | State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, (WINK) \u2014 Southwest Florida could see a washout Sunday afternoon, despite dry skies this morning.<\/p>\n<p>Spring break crowds and St. Patrick&#8217;s Day celebrations are already packing the area, and outdoor plans may need to shift indoors.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"vlcsnap-2026-03-15-08h41m26s884.png\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>The last time rain hit the region, streets in Charlotte County turned into mini lakes, and parking lots became pop-up pools after a few inches fell. Southwest Florida has been stuck in extreme drought for months\u2014the worst seen in 25 years.<\/p>\n<p>While the rain will help, the ground is so dry that it takes time to soften and start absorbing water. But despite the potential for flooding frustrations, neighbors say they&#8217;ll take whatever rain they can get.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"vlcsnap-2026-03-15-08h41m40s581.png\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Weather Authority Meteorologist Oceana Hayden said rain is expected to roll in later this afternoon. Those with outdoor plans should have indoor backup options ready.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, (WINK) \u2014 Southwest Florida could see a washout Sunday afternoon, despite dry skies this morning. Spring&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192599,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29,1521],"class_list":["post-192598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-southwest-florida"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}