A band of torrential rain caused widespread flooding up to waist-deep in the Miami area overnight.
has been unable to organize into a tropical storm thus far, but it's bringing torrential rain and caused widespread flooding in the Miami area overnight. , and it still might develop into Tropical Storm Alex. But that wouldn’t happen until it’s well east of Florida and moving out to sea.
Strong upper-level winds have pushed dry air into the system, completely gumming up its works from a tropical-development standpoint. Tornadoes are still possible in South Florida and the upper Florida Keys through early Saturday afternoon. Tropical storm warnings for west coast of Florida were canceled late Saturday morning. As of 11:30 a.m. Eastern, the only Tropical Storm Warning remaining was along the east coast of Florida south of the Volusia-Brevard County line to the Card Sound Bridge.
A band of torrential rain caused widespread flooding up to waist-deep in the Miami area overnight with other areas nearby were also affected. The National Weather Service radar in Miami shows that a north-south swath of intense thunderstorms dumped six to 10 inches of rain from Hallandale Beach, which is just south of Fort Lauderdale, down I-95 through Miami to the Upper Florida Keys. Three to five inches came all at once.
In Cuba, heavy downpours brought by the system caused landslides and accidents that left two people dead in the capital, Havana, state media reported. A person was also reported missing in Pinar del Río province after falling into a rain-swollen river. The country’s Civil Defense organization said the main damages so far were to homes and the electricity system. The State electricity company said 50,000 clients were without power.
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