It’s been a wild 48 hours for some of us here in Southwest Florida. A weather system pumping tropical moisture across the southern half of the state hasn’t pulled any punches, with rainfall totals in some places topping 20 inches or more.
Collier County continued to take the worst of it.
One of Collier County’s own Community Correspondents Dominga Murray saw this scene in the Naples area…
Flooding closes roads in Naples Thursday
…while Marco Island’s own Community Correspondent Mahmoud Bennett talked with emergency managers about rising waters on the island.
Heavy rains bring localized floods to Marco Island
But there were plenty of problems in Lee County, too.
Heavy rains around lunchtime and the early afternoon shut down plenty of local roads and made driving treacherous, especially across the southern Ft Myers metro area. Check out the flood Senior Reporter Ryan Kruger found off Winkler and Gladiolus.
Heavy rainfall floods large parking lot off Winkler in South Ft Myers