
A region of South Florida saw record amounts of rain in just three hours on Tuesday evening, a one-in-a-thousand year event that caused flash floods and delayed hundreds of flights across the state.
According to NBC News, coastal areas in Sarasota saw almost 10 inches of rain during the mentioned period, and it can expect similar rainfall throughout the week. The weather system was caused by deep tropical moisture from a disturbance called 90-L and an area of low pressure.