CUTLER BAY, Fla. – As South Florida got pounded with rain Thursday afternoon, Cutler Bay got soaked again.
At the entrance to the Lakes by the Bay Community, just off of Old Cutler Road and Southwest 216th Street, cars had water most of the way up to their tires as they tried to leave the neighborhood.
“It’s a little bit frustrating these past four days with all the rain,” Cutler Bay resident John Seda said.
The water got so high that Seda had to park his car about a mile and a half away from his home.
“The car it couldn’t get through the water and I’m not going to risk it and get stuck or anything in the water, so we parked and waited for a little bit. Now we are going to try and drive it back to see if I can go through,” Seda said.
Just around the corner, a large tree snapped in half blocking most of Old Cutler Road. The area of southwest Miami Dade already saw nearly 2 feet of rain over the last few days and Thursday, this part of the county got almost another half a foot.
In Broward County, Hollywood got the worst of the nasty weather. Our cameras captured cars pushing through some minor street flooding as the rain continued to come down. There was plenty of water, too, in Hallandale Beach, Pembroke Park, and Fort Lauderdale as a soggy South Florida got soaked again.
With the amount of rain in Cutler Bay, the town’s engineers say since June 2, this has been a “100-year-water event.”