{"id":222579,"date":"2026-04-07T22:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T22:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/222579\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T22:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T22:05:08","slug":"beware-of-flooding-rip-currents-traffic-delays-in-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/222579\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware of flooding, rip currents, traffic delays in South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0April 7, 2026 at 5:47 PM<\/p>\n<p>Flood watch in effect in South Florida  <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">PEMBROKE PARK, Fla.  \u2014 Excessive rainfall prompted weather and traffic alerts on Tuesday evening in South Florida. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In coastal and metropolitan Miami-Dade and Broward counties, there was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/weather\/alerts\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/weather\/alerts\/\">rip current statement<\/a> in effect until 8 p.m., and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/weather\/alerts\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/weather\/alerts\/\">flood watch<\/a> in effect until 10 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">By 5:30 p.m., in Miami-Dade, Cutler Bay had gotten 2.44 inches of rain, Kendall had 1.81 inches, and Coral Gables had 1.47 inches. <\/p>\n<p>Rain impacts traffic in South Florida  <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">There was a multi-vehicle crash on the MacArthur Causeway\u2019s westbound lanes from Miami Beach to Downtown Miami. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Storms were impacting traffic in the Doral area on the Florida Turnpike and the Palmetto Expressway. There were also delays on Krome Avenue. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">By 5:30 p.m., in Broward, Davie had 1.27 inches of rain, and Fort Lauderdale had .46.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Once the sun goes down, the rain chance will drop off. There will be more showers and storms on Wednesday in South Florida. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">For the Weather Authority\u2019s live weather radar and hour-by-hour forecasts, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/weather\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/weather\/\">visit this page.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Related story:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/weather\/2026\/04\/07\/flood-watch-in-effect-for-miami-dade-broward-palm-beach-counties\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/weather\/2026\/04\/07\/flood-watch-in-effect-for-miami-dade-broward-palm-beach-counties\/\"> Flood watch in effect for South Florida, weather affecting local airports<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Betty Davis\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/10607ee7-a4ab-493f-8c28-.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Betty Davis<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Betty Davis is the chief certified meteorologist for Local 10. She provides weather forecasts for South Florida Monday-Friday during the 4, 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Caroline Coles\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/86e192d8-0a9f-49de-b4c1-.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Caroline Coles<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Caroline Coles  is an experienced journalist who brings energy, heart, and hustle to every story. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0April 7, 2026 at 5:47 PM Flood watch in effect in South Florida PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. \u2014 Excessive&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-222579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222579","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=222579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}