BISCAYNE GARDENS, Fla. ā Inside Rajiv Bhardwajās house in Biscayne Gardens, clean-up was in full swing Saturday afternoon after the tropical storm rolled in overnight.
Bhardwaj, who had just moved to the area from New Jersey, said he woke up to a mess inside his house filled with water inside his laundry and bedroom.
āI just moved here and this is my first experience in a tropical storm,ā he said, adding water was about a foot high inside his laundry room and bedroom.
Front yards look like lakes throughout the neighborhood, which was flooded after hours of rain.
Nancy Smith says sheās lived here for more than two decades and unlike Bhardwaj, the inside of her house was spared, but the standing water has not made getting around easy.
āIf we have hard rain sometime we get puddles but not like this,ā Smith said.
Neighbors said this flooding usually occurs when it storms. But, they said it seemed worse because the water appeared to be draining slower than in previous storms.