When a neighborhood floods after just minutes of heavy rain, the biggest question is how long residents are expected to live with the damage while they wait for a solution. In one part of Fort Lauderdale, that answer could be years.
“Five minutes of heavy rain and it immediately floods,” resident Areeb Naseer said.
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Residents told CBS News Miami that during downpours in Fort Lauderdale’s Victoria Park neighborhood, water has been surging up through storm drains rather than draining away. After heavy rain, parts of the area remained underwater for hours, and some neighbors said certain roads can stay submerged for days.
After nearly a decade on Northeast Eighth Avenue, Naseer said the standing water is no longer just a roadway problem. “Because there’s so much standing water, our driveway has sunken in a little bit as well,” he said…