{"id":21214,"date":"2025-10-26T14:15:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T14:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/21214\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T14:15:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T14:15:19","slug":"king-tides-flood-streets-in-fort-lauderdales-victoria-park-hollywood-parts-of-miami-dade-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/21214\/","title":{"rendered":"King tides flood streets in Fort Lauderdale\u2019s Victoria Park, Hollywood, parts of Miami-Dade – WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) – King tides made a mess on roadways in several of South Florida\u2019s coastal communities for a second day in a row<\/a>.<\/p>\n

7News cameras captured floodwaters turning a roadway into a river near Northeast 20th Avenue and Seventh Street in Fort Lauderdale\u2019s Victoria Park neighborhood, just after 10 a.m. on Wednesday and then again later in the evening. <\/p>\n

The first high tide came rushing in the moment the clock hit 9:39 a.m., flooding streets in seconds.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt moves in pretty fast, it goes out slow,\u201d said area resident who identified herself as Julie. \u201cI kind of get a kick out of watching it come in and see how high it goes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Area residents said they\u2019re used to waking up to flooded driveways and streets during king tide cycles, but this flooding is more extensive than they\u2019re accustomed to seeing.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo this is the bottom of a funnel. I take that as a given, and I\u2019ll live with it. I don\u2019t like it, but I\u2019ll live with it,\u201d said area resident Bill Beamer.<\/p>\n

Beamer has lived in Victoria Park for 50 years, and he\u2019s seen the tides change along with his neighborhood. <\/p>\n

Victoria Park residents like Beamer said they\u2019re frustrated because the water pumps are not working properly in their neighborhood, causing the water to linger even during low tide.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe backflow preventer that the city has put in needs constant maintenance, because the stuff from the street gets wrapped into it and washed into it, and it seems to cause it to not act as a backflow preventer,\u201d said Beamer.<\/p>\n

Neighbors hope the city will take action, as this is a problem they\u2019ve had to deal with for years.<\/p>\n

King tides are typical this time of year, but when accompanied by a full moon, the water\u2019s gravitational pull on the ocean is amplified, which leads to coastal flooding.<\/p>\n

But this year, South Florida has seen something a little different. According to 7Weather meteorologists, there have been record-breaking tides this fall. A high tide of 3.77 feet was reported in Broward County and 3.46 feet in Miami-Dade.<\/p>\n

In Victoria Park, water seeped in from the Intracoastal Waterway, so much so that it\u2019s leveled with the ground.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe tidewater was actually lower than the ambient level on the street, so it\u2019s just coming back over, and when it comes up, we\u2019re stuck with it,\u201d said Beamer.<\/p>\n

Victoria Park is hardly the only corner of South Florida affected by this week\u2019s king tides. 7Skyforce hovered over a pump station in Hollywood hard at work to get the floodwaters out of coastal neighborhoods.<\/p>\n

South of the county line, 7Skyforce captured heavy flooding near Northeast 10th Avenue and 79th Street in Miami, as well as on Northeast 135th Street, just east of Biscayne Boulevard.<\/p>\n

As for Beamer, he said he refuses to move because of the king tides.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t move because of this right here. If you can\u2019t take the bitter with the sweet, you\u2019re not much of a person,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

By nightfall, other Fort Lauderdale residents were gearing up for another night of flooding. Mitch Kash has lived in the neighborhood for about a year and a half. He says king tides are a problem this time of year.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou just have to deal with it,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen you want to go out somewhere you have to say, \u2018Oh why! It\u2019d probably be better wait two hours until the water goes down and then I\u2019ll go out,\u2019 things of that nature.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some residents say they are worried about continuous rounds of king tides, while others say they aren\u2019t that worried because the water has not reached their homes. <\/p>\n

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