{"id":406741,"date":"2026-09-22T01:02:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T01:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/406741\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T01:02:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T01:02:23","slug":"a-fort-lauderdale-resident-says-50m-in-new-stormwater-pumps-failed-the-test-after-heavy-rain-flooded-his-river-oaks-neighborhood-on-friday-city-officials-say-the-pumps-worked-properly-explaining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/406741\/","title":{"rendered":"A Fort Lauderdale resident says $50M in new stormwater pumps &#8220;failed the test&#8221; after heavy rain flooded his River Oaks neighborhood on Friday. City officials say the pumps worked properly, explaining that receiving 6 inches of rain in just one hour overpowered the system and delayed drainage on lower-elevation streets. Temporary pumps are being brought in for future storms. #FortLauderdale #Flooding #SouthFlorida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Fort Lauderdale resident says $50M in new stormwater pumps &#8220;failed the test&#8221; after heavy rain flooded his River Oaks neighborhood on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>City officials say the pumps worked properly, explaining that receiving 6 inches of rain in just one hour overpowered the system and delayed drainage on lower-elevation streets. Temporary pumps are being brought in for future storms.<\/p>\n<p>#FortLauderdale #Flooding  #SouthFlorida | NBC 6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Fort Lauderdale resident says $50M in new stormwater pumps &#8220;failed the test&#8221; after heavy rain flooded his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406742,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-406741","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\/406741","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=406741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}