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THE TAKEAWAY
- Key West, Florida, acceptable a caller regular rainfall grounds arsenic aggravated downpours caused wide flash flooding.
- A beforehand is forecast to stall implicit Florida adjacent week, bringing an extended agelong of rainfall and much imaginable flash flooding.
KEY WEST, Fla. — The skies opened up implicit Key West, Florida, connected Thursday arsenic dense rainfall triggered wide flash flooding. Key West recorded 3.64 inches of rain, shattering the grounds of 2.5 inches acceptable backmost successful 1943.
A video posted to societal media showed floodwaters wholly inundating Duval Street, Key West’s main tourer and amusement strip.
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Widespread flooding successful Key West, Florida. (Key West Police Department/Facebook)
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Tree topples onto car successful Key West, Florida, aft grounds downpours. (Key West Police Department/Facebook)
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Tree topples onto car successful Key West, Florida, aft grounds downpours. (Key West Police Department/Facebook)
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Duval Street successful Key West turned into a stream Thursday, Oct. 2026, arsenic torrential downpours soaked South Florida. Key West broke a regular rainfall grounds that had stood since 1943. (Irish Kevins/Facebook)
The Key West Police Department said h2o was lasting connected galore streets and warned drivers not to make wakes that could propulsion much h2o into adjacent properties.
Rain prevented crews from fixing a malfunctioning postulation airy and a histrion toppled onto a car, taking down powerfulness lines.
OCTOBER OUTLOOK: SUMMER TRIES TO HOLD ON WITH EL NIÑO IMPACTS EXPECTED TO MAKE A SPOOKY APPEARANCE
Heavy rainfall pelted different parts of Southern Florida, including Boca Raton.
An extended agelong of downpours is expected crossed overmuch of the authorities adjacent week arsenic a beforehand stalls implicit Florida done adjacent Thursday.
(FOX Weather)
Parts of Florida could spot up to 8 inches of rainfall each told.
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