High Tides Flooding Coastal Ft. Lauderdale Neighborhoods
They are called King Tides, or seasonal high tides, but some may prefer to call them a royal pain. And they’re expected to continue flooding South Florida’s coastal neighborhoods through Friday. Drivers were forced to navigate flooded roadways in eastern neighborhoods off of Las Olas Boulevard but there were no reports of water entering homes, city spokeswoman Shannon Vezina said Tuesday
Most vulnerable to flooding in Fort Lauderdale were the neighborhoods of Rio Vista, along Cordova Road and Southeast 12th Street, and Las Olas Isles, along Mola Avenue, Hendricks Isle and Coconut Isle Drive, city officials said.
Public works crews monitored and installed tidal valves, checked storm drains for any clogging and ensured pump stations were working efficiently, she said. Workers also built a temporary sand berm along Coconut Isle Drive to control flooding.
A coastal flooding advisory issued by the National Weather Service remained in effect through midnight Wednesday for low-lying areas of Broward and Miami-Dade counties. Flooding resulting from King Tides are linked to lunar cycles and peak at high tide— at about 10 a.m. and 10:30 p.m. Tuesday and 11 a.m Wednesday.
Tide gauges at several locations along South Florida’s coast have measured tides at about a foot above normal, said meteorologist Brad Diehl, of the National Weather Service in Miami. Cycles of the high tides are again expected in late October and late November.
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