![]() “My art was destroyed,” Hammond, 53, said. He estimates that about half of his puppets are ruined. The car remains stranded.įort Lauderdale artist and puppeteer Jim Hammond’s home and studio were both submerged in water. The water didn’t quite make it into their house, but it got close. Ortega and his daughter walked the rest of the way home, a few blocks in the pouring rain. “Then we hit a speed bump, and the water went above the headlights, and that was it. “It had already started flooding into the car, so we decided to just bounce and get the rest of the way,” he said. After picking up his daughter from school Wednesday, he tried to drive home to his neighborhood just northeast of the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino near Hollywood. Hector Ortega, 36, of Davie, didn’t need the reminder. The city called residents in the middle of the afternoon with a recorded message asking them to avoid driving until the water recedes. A reunification center for flood victims has been setup at the Winn Dixie plaza along State Road 84 in Fort Lauderdale on Thursday, April 13, 2023. Scott Becker of Fort Lauderdale, and his dog Baxter, wait to be pick up by a family member, after they were rescued out of their flooded home in the Edgewood neighborhood in Fort Lauderdale on Thursday, April 13, 2023. “Think about opening your home at least for the short term so people will have a place to stay.” I want you to help your neighbors,” he told residents on a Zoom call. Some residents were forced to climb through windows to leave their waterlogged homes, Chavarria said, and some were rescued from attics.Ĭommissioner Warren Sturman, whose district includes downtown neighborhoods hard hit by the flooding, said the displacement after the flood “will be a huge problem.” The American Red Cross, in collaboration with the city, opened an emergency shelter to assist flood victims at Holiday Park, where about 600 people were as of Thursday night, the city’s update said. ![]() “I have driven around the city, and there is not one part of the city that has not been impacted,” Trantalis said. More than 900 people called Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue for help, Mayor Dean Trantalis said. that roads where water receded earlier in the day were again flooded. Kinney Tunnel in downtown Fort Lauderdale remained closed Thursday and parts of Broward Boulevard were closed to traffic as well, although water was receding in other parts of the city and traffic was moving.įort Lauderdale city officials said in an update shortly before 8 p.m. Wednesday, and officials hope to reopen it Friday morning. Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport closed about 5 p.m. Major roadways and intersections were impassable, to say nothing of the side roads people would normally use as detours. South Florida was drenched by rain Wednesday causing major flooding and closing the airport. A car is submerged in high flood waters in the Edgewood neighborhood of Fort Lauderdale south of State Road 84 just north of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Thursday, April 13, 2023.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |