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Flooding in South Florida caused major traffic delays on I-95

This is how the roadways looked in Pembroke Pines in Broward County on June 12, 2024. Rain and severe weather caused major flooding in South Florida.

A slow-moving, low-pressure system of summer thunderstorms rolled over south Florida this week and has been slamming the region with a record amount of rainfall (around 10-15 inches on Wednesday), flooding cars, homes, streets and parking lots.

The storms began Tuesday and are expected to persist throughout the rest of the week.

“Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency to coordinate and mobilize recovery efforts; the mayors of Fort Lauderdale, Miami and other cities also made emergency declarations,” USA TODAY reported. “With many roads still under several feet of water, any more rain could be dangerous, especially for Collier, Miami-Dade and Broward counties, which includes the cities of Naples, Miami and Fort Lauderdale.”

Here are photos of the flooding in south Florida this week.

Is south Florida in a state of emergency?

According to a June 11 memorandum from Gov. Ron Desantis, Broward, Collier, Lee, Miami-Dade and Sarasota counties are under a state of emergency.

Weather radar for West Palm Beach, Florida

Floods in Miami-Dade and Broward counties

Flooding photos in Collier County, Florida

Weather radar for Fort Myers, Florida

Lee County, Florida: What the flooding looks like

Weather radar for Sarasota, Florida

Street flooding in Sarasota County, Florida