Nearly 8 inches of rain recorded at DJT airport as storms swamp county
A record amount of rain has swamped Palm Beach County over the past three days, where floodwaters reached waist-high in some areas. The overwhelming floodwaters sent people scrambling. It entered homes, stranded residents, stalled cars, closed parks and golf courses, forced the closure of three Election Day polling locations and suspended Brightline rail service between West Palm Beach and Orlando. The area between President Donald J. Trump International Airport near West Palm Beach up to Palm Beach Gardens received about 18 to 19 inches of rain over the past three days, said Nico Porcelli, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Miami. Election Day: Third polling site in Palm Beach County closes due to flooding The rain broke a daily rainfall record for Nov. 2 with 7.39 inches of rain recorded at the airport, surpassing a mark set in 1888. This came close to the monthly rainfall record for any day in November, making it the second-wettest November day, Porcelli said. “This amount of rainfall is definitely pretty uncommon,” Porcelli said. “The other thing that makes it significant is this isn't even a tropical system. Usually you see these kind of rainfall amounts with a tropical system during the
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