Residents walking through a flooded street to reach their homes in Fort Lauderdale, Florida The storm first hit Nicaragua as a Category 4 hurricane and killed nearly 70 people from Mexico to Panama, before moving into the Gulf of Mexico early on Monday near where the Everglades meet the sea, with maximum sustained winds of 85kmph (53mph). He described hearing water and debris slamming against his shuttered home overnight as the storm crossed Florida. “Never seen this, never, not this deep,” said Anthony Lyas, who has lived in his now-waterlogged Fort Lauderdale neighbourhood since 1996. Tropical storm-force winds are expected in the area by late Wednesday.įorecasts call for more rain from the storm system over parts of already drenched South Florida. The hurricane centre said a “life-threatening storm surge” is possible early on Thursday, and forecasters advised residents to heed warnings from local officials. A man walking in a flooded street in Fort Lauderdale, Florida Tropical Storm Eta caused severe flooding in South Florida in areas already saturated from previous downpours The latest hurricane watch extends from Anna Maria Island, which is south of St Petersburg, to Yankeetown.Įta was about 210km (130 miles) west-southwest of Fort Myers early on Wednesday and moving at 24kmph (15mph). The storm has been in the Gulf of Mexico since crossing over South Florida on Sunday. The storm’s maximum sustained wind speed increased to almost 120kmph (75mph) off Florida’s southwest coast.įorecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami issued a hurricane watch for a 193km (120 miles) stretch that includes Tampa and St Petersburg. Eta regained hurricane strength on Wednesday morning as Florida braced for a second hit from the storm.
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