{"id":445292,"date":"2026-11-02T18:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T18:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/445292\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T18:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T18:12:10","slug":"flooding-hazards-reported-in-st-lucie-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/445292\/","title":{"rendered":"Flooding hazards reported in St. Lucie West"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1793643130_971_author_avatar.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Danielle Scruggs\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Significant water accumulation in St. Lucie West is creating hazardous driving conditions and making several roadways difficult to navigate.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/1148846947795959\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Port St. Lucie Police Department<\/a> is urging motorists to avoid the area unless travel is absolutely necessary. &#8220;Please do not attempt to drive through standing water. Turn around, find an alternate route, and never underestimate the depth or power of floodwaters,&#8221; PSLPD said.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Officers are actively responding to calls involving vehicles stranded in high-water conditions. &#8220;We are continuing to monitor conditions and will provide updates as road closures and other traffic impacts develop,&#8221; PSLPD said. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">&#8220;Please stay safe, stay off the roads if possible, and give emergency responders room to work,&#8221; PSLPD said.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">The department added, &#8220;We appreciate everyone&#8217;s patience and cooperation as we navigate these conditions together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">Stay up-to-date: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbf.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The latest headlines and weather from WPBF 25<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"8\">Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbf.com\/article\/get-wpbf-25-news-on-the-go\/999316\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. \u2014 Significant water accumulation in St. Lucie West is creating hazardous driving conditions and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":445293,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[20798,173355,173360,21137,2927,173358,86511,9114,28,133823,173352,48072,173357,6686,173361,171,173,172,1079,5592,6545,8825,7829,19433,173359,1402,74361,154453,173353,732,173354,173356,221,40537,189],"class_list":["post-445292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-alternate-route","tag-avoid-area","tag-depth","tag-emergency-responders","tag-flooding","tag-flooding-hazard","tag-floodwater","tag-floodwaters","tag-florida","tag-hazardous-condition","tag-hazardous-driving","tag-high-water","tag-high-water-condition","tag-late-headline","tag-other-traffic-impact","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news","tag-port-st-lucie-police-department","tag-power","tag-pslpd","tag-road-closure","tag-road-closures","tag-roadways","tag-significant-water-accumulation","tag-st-lucie-county","tag-st-lucie-west","tag-standing-water","tag-traffic-impacts","tag-vehicle","tag-vehicles-stranded","tag-water-accumulation","tag-weather","tag-weather-updates","tag-wpbf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445292","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=445292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/445293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}