{"id":402670,"date":"2026-09-17T17:06:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T17:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/402670\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T17:06:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T17:06:31","slug":"heavy-rain-brings-flooding-difficult-travel-to-fort-lauderdale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/402670\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy rain brings flooding, difficult travel to Fort Lauderdale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0September 17, 2026 at 12:34 PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Updated:\u00a0September 17, 2026 at 12:46 PM<\/p>\n<p>Heavy rain-soaked Fort Lauderdale on Thursday morning, leaving water-covered streets and creating difficult travel conditions in some areas as residents navigated the downpour.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.  \u2014 Heavy rain-soaked Fort Lauderdale on Thursday morning, leaving water-covered streets and creating difficult travel conditions in some areas as residents navigated the downpour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/09\/17\/fuertes-lluvias-provocan-inundaciones-y-dificultan-transito-en-fort-lauderdale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/09\/17\/fuertes-lluvias-provocan-inundaciones-y-dificultan-transito-en-fort-lauderdale\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Umbrellas were a common sight as people waited at bus stops and made their way to work and other morning destinations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">For some Fort Lauderdale residents, however, the heavy rain can mean more than a wet commute. Rising water can quickly lead to flooding around homes and yards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A resident who lives near Northwest 13th Street and Ninth Avenue said rising water can wash out his entire yard during periods of heavy rainfall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The downpours also can overwhelm storm drains, causing water to collect on streets and in low-lying areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In some neighborhoods, the flooding began to recede once the rain eased, allowing standing water to drain away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Broward County officials said all available vacuum trucks have been deployed to clear stormwater systems and assist with flooding in high-risk areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The county also has pumps ready for use in low-lying areas and said crews will continue flood-control operations throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/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=\"Isabella Martin\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/https:\/\/author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/09e8bd89-5433-45a7-b775-.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Isabella Martin<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Isabella Martin joined the reporting team at WPLG in July 2025.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Ryan Mackey\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/8725e99c-e445-48a0-bd.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Ryan Mackey <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Ryan Mackey is a Digital Journalist at WPLG. He was born on Long Island, New York, and has lived in Sunrise, Florida, since 1994.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0September 17, 2026 at 12:34 PM Updated:\u00a0September 17, 2026 at 12:46 PM Heavy rain-soaked Fort Lauderdale on Thursday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402671,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-402670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402670","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=402670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}