FLL, Port Everglades officials ask travelers to check with airlines, cruise lines amid flood recovery

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Officials with the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Port Everglades asked travelers to check with their airlines and cruise lines for changes on their itinerary amid ongoing flood recovery Friday.

After the Federal Aviation Administration issued ground stops on flights because of flooding on Wednesday, FLL closed Thursday and reopened at 9 a.m., Friday.

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Amid more rain and flooded runways, Broward County officials postponed earlier plans to reopen FLL on Thursday and at 5 a.m., Friday.

Port Everglades remained open, but some of the operators at the port closed because of the flooding in the area.

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For more information about flights in Miami-Dade and Broward counties, visit the MIA and FLL sites.

Complete coverage of flooding emergency

• Flood traps Broward residents; some with water inside homes, cars for 2nd night

• Broward County Public Schools to remain closed Friday, reopen Monday
• Red Cross opens shelter in Fort Lauderdale to aid victims affected from flooding
• Rescues continue in inundated Fort Lauderdale neighborhoods

• ‘Unprecedented’ flooding impacts residents, businesses in Dania Beach, Hollywood
• New video shows harrowing moments during floods in Hollywood, Dania Beach area
• Fort Lauderdale Beach officials release video of water pouring into parking garage

• Wilton Manors residents dealing with devastation from excessive flooding
• Fort Lauderdale shopping center roof collapses following extreme rain
• What’s open, closed in South Florida

• Flooding sparks electrical fire at Fort Lauderdale home
• Flooded streets causing major concern for Hollywood residents, mobile homeowners

• Fort Lauderdale airport to remain closed through Friday morning due to flooding
• Officials: Extreme Broward flooding not a result of pumps or canals, which functioned normally

This is a developing story. Local 10 News Assignment Desk Editors Frine Gomez and Wilson Louis contributed to this report.