An astounding 26 inches of rain fell in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday, with most of that falling in just seven hours, according to the National Weather Service.
The shocking deluge could break multiple state and even national records for rainfall, once all is said and done. “It was an unprecedented event,” said Shawn Bhatti, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Miami.
He said that preliminary data on Thursday indicated that there were pockets of Fort Lauderdale, stretching from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport up to Edgewood, Tarpon River, and south of the upper Middle River, that were drenched with 20 to 25.91 inches Wednesday, and the broader metro area was pummeled with 10 to 15 inches of rain.
