State of emergency declared in Florida following flooding

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Published 2024-06-13
A state of emergency was declared in Florida after 20 inches of rain accumulated in the last 48 hours.

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All Comments (21)
  • @marsmars9130
    Lots of flood damaged cars trucks, and motorcycles sitting in under water at dealerships, WOW they will sell them to people who dont know or see
  • @CowboyConan
    Tell your insurance companies “it’s just called summer”. Oh that’s right, they already left the state. 😂🤣
  • @lemme999
    Good luck getting an insurance claim. Lol
  • Could never pay me to live in Florida, the place is far different from what they r trying to portray.
  • @space4099
    Florida is overbuilt at this point to the extreme that there’s no place for the water to be absorbed with all of the pavement, buildings roads, etc. The state essentially is a swamp, and was full of swamp plants which absorbed all that water. Now it’s been combined to a narrow strip on the left side center of the state.they always get these monsoon periods. There’s just nowhere for the water to go now.
  • @joakos1122
    Its a good thing Desantis said climate change has nothing to do with this 😂 all while insurance companies literally run away from the state
  • This will cause a lot of damage that may not be immediately visible, like sinkholes.
  • @edbouhl3100
    That ‘pop’ sound is Florida’s flood insurance coverage imploding. The whole state is a flood zone now.
  • I got off work in Aventura and it was bad. Then I was stranded in Hollywood and Hallandale Beach. I had to sleep in my car
  • @straycats6
    Wonder how many on 95 are driving on empty
  • This is not surprising, as Miami gets flooded almost every year. In addition, Miami was built on top of a swamp. Also, most of Florida is sea level. I know, because I grew up in, Miami.
  • Whoever wants to go to Florida, hope u can swim. Hurry up n leave the that place of misery!
  • @justz3973
    Queue up Floridians with their hands out for FEMA/welfare payments... how much longer do tax payers have to pay for the mistakes that Floridians make?