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Nearly 26 inches of rain fell in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, over a 24-hour span in what many are calling a “1-in-1,000 year flood” …

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00:00Fort Lauderdale, Florida is experiencing a one-in-1,000-year flood.
00:04Almost 26 inches of rain fell over a 24-hour span, according to the National Weather Service
00:10Miami-South Florida, which is nearly one-third of Fort Lauderdale's total annual precipitation.
00:16According to the city's fire and rescue services, more than 900 calls requesting help were received.
00:22All right, I'm gonna go back and get your mommy and daddy, all right, bud?
00:25City streets were also flooded, making roads impassable and extremely dangerous in some areas.
00:30Rain has been falling in Fort Lauderdale since Monday, but the heaviest of the downpours
00:35came midweek. The flooding even closed the city's International Airport,
00:39disrupted public transportation routes, and shut down schools. Florida Governor
00:43Ron DeSantis has since declared a state of emergency for the county due to the widespread flooding.

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