MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Thunderstorms throughout Miami-Dade County left many areas flooded.
It’s fairly the soggy begin to the weekend. In Little Havana on NW eighth Terrace close to NW seventeenth Avenue, some folks have been caught residence all day, scared to drive by the flooded streets.
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“No white hair, now I’ve white hair,” says Mehri Eshghy, a lady who lives on NW eighth Terrace. She spent the day inside after extra water almost precipitated her to fall whereas taking out her trash this morning.
“Water was as much as my knees,” says Eshghy.
Outdoors of Mortgage Depot Park automobiles despatched water flying as they drove down flooded streets. On US-1 and thirty second Avenue it was the same sight as drivers started their morning commute to work. In Aventura, purchasing facilities and roadways had been coated in water.
“Plenty of robust rain. A whole lot of water on the road,” says Roberto Paris, a Little Havana resident. “The town has to repair it,” he says.
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Miami’s Public Works Director says they’ve between 10 and 12 crews out right this moment working to alleviate the flooding.
“I’ve harm in a single room within the again and from the ceiling. Leaking water within the room,” says Paris.
We additionally spoke with Commissioner Joe Carollo who says flooding is a county-wide drawback and one which’s not straightforward to repair.
“We’re going to see if we will come subsequent week to see if we will use our pump vehicles to wash the sewage out as a result of generally particles could be in there. That exact space, NW eighth Terrace, from the way in which I’ve checked out it, it’s going to require extra,” says Carollo.
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