As king tides peak along the South Florida coast, municipal officials and local residents are preparing for potentially widespread flooding as heavy rain and strong onshore winds threaten the region over the coming days.
Outside the Ocean Blu store on the Hollywood Broadwalk, sandbags are already lined up to prevent damage. The store was inundated with a foot of water during a smaller king tide event last month. Since then, the city has installed additional Tiger Dam barriers along the beach to hold back rising waters.
“If it’s a heavy rain, the same time as high tides, yes, I anticipate that we’ll have flooding throughout Hollywood,” said Shawn Fanshier, who observed the tides peaking Thursday morning…