FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - Hurricane season is a few weeks away, and yet many areas around South Florida are experiencing bouts of heavy rainfall, prompting a street flood advisory.
Just before 9:30 p.m. Friday, the National Weather Service issued a flood advisory for Central Broward County until 10:45 p.m.
Areas that could see flooding include Fort Lauderdale, Davie, Plantation, Sunrise and Tamarac.
The torrential rain began in the morning and caused a major accident involving a tractor-trailer on the Turnpike in Miami-Dade, near Northwest 137th Avenue, at around 10:30 a.m., which closed down most lanes to southbound traffic.
Drivers experienced similar rainy conditions on highways across South Florida. A viewer took a cellphone video showing himself and other drivers driving through high waters on the Palmetto Expressway.
Heavy rains poured down on Aventura, as drivers in Miami took things slow while driving over wet roads.
One truck driver said, “We’re going 35, 45 miles per hour in these conditions.”
Fort Lauderdale experienced more of the same as residents faced a wet and damp start to the weekend.
Meanwhile, several inches of rainfall flooded a warehouse loading dock in Opa-Locka, turning the parking lot into a lake.
“There’s a lot of water, and it’s flooded, real flooded. Even the trucks are real flooded,” forklift operator Tomas Paredes said. “I have to take my shoes off and roll my pants up. Otherwise, they’ll get soakin’ wet.”
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