{"id":423473,"date":"2026-10-09T17:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T17:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/423473\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T17:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T17:16:08","slug":"atlantic-beach-sees-flooding-after-11-inches-of-rain-in-60-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/423473\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlantic Beach sees flooding after 11 inches of rain in 60 hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. \u2013 Floodwater covered parts of Atlantic Beach, including a soccer field outside City Hall, after about 11 inches of rain fell in a 60-hour period, city officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2026\/10\/08\/atlantic-beach-crews-work-to-prevent-flooding-ahead-of-more-rain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Atlantic Beach crews work to prevent flooding ahead of more rain<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The rainfall was more than officials had seen in years, they said. Public Works crews were working around the clock to inspect drains and check with families about fallen limbs and trees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">\u201cRemain safe during this time,\u201d officials urged residents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Recent flooding has also affected roads in the city. A stretch of Atlantic Boulevard was closed for several hours after about a foot of water covered the roadway, city officials said. East Coast Drive near the oceanfront also closed, and crews have been clearing drainage areas and pumping water from Aquatic Pond ahead of more rain and high tides.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Officials have identified Dutton Island Preserve, Mayport Road and Seminole Road as areas to monitor as conditions change.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. \u2013 Floodwater covered parts of Atlantic Beach, including a soccer field outside City Hall, after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423474,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3912,112828,2927,116,118,117],"class_list":["post-423473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-atlantic-beach","tag-atlantic-boulevard","tag-flooding","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423473","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=423473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}