Miami Gardens, FLA. (WSVN) – Some neighborhoods in South Florida have been flooded as drivers and residents deal with the aftermath of a tropical storm.
Early Monday morning, vehicles in Miami’s Cricel neighborhood could be seen driving at slow speeds through flooded streets, as frequent visitors to the area are familiar with post-storm conditions.
7 News cameras found furniture in standing water along Brickley Avenue and Southeast 13th Street.
Flooded roads can also be seen in many of Broward County’s cities.
Early in the morning cellphone video showed two women in a scrub getting out of a mini cooper that was stuck in the area.
One woman told 7News that she was shaken and upset when she was on her way to work.
When another car stopped in the area, a man got out of the vehicle, took off his shirt and began pushing his vehicle through the flooded street.
He then got out of his own car to help a good Samaritan man nearby drive his car. Sara Samaritan said she doesn’t know the man, but it’s in his nature to want to help.
Two trucks have been coming to the area frequently and a city of Miami police cruisers was also towed.
By noon it was a completely different scene in Brickell, as the floodwaters receded and the road dried up once again.
Residents of the area can be seen walking their dogs, riding bikes and walking in the afternoon.
Daniel Hernandez, a resident of the Hialeah / Hialeah Gardens area, said he had never seen so much water in the area.
“It was weird because it would come and go in waves,” Hernandez said. “Probably never before, whatever. “I have taken this place down. It’s flooded many times, but I was driving down the 28th, and the canals are flooding down the street. It’s becoming ridiculous. “
A Hialah police officer blocked the road in the neighborhood to prevent motorists from traveling on the flooded street.
“No one deserves this, but usually, when the streets are flooded, it takes about two days,” Hernandez said.
In Miami Gardens, however, residents are still dealing with standing water.
Homeowners at Northwest 35th Court and 180th Street said they would enter their homes if it did not rain more in the area.
When Ricardo was asked if he was worried about water entering his home. “If it rains more, yes,” he said.
The banks of a nearby canal have also been flooded, causing floodwaters to recede into the street, making it difficult for residents to distinguish between the canal and the street.
7 News cameras captured floodwaters coming to the front steps of houses.
“This is the result we get from all of this,” said resident Javier Vasquez. “I’ve been here 15 years, and this is the first time I’ve seen anything like this.”
Cynthia Rowe, who has lived in Miami Gardens for 25 years, said she has never seen floodwaters rise to her door.
“I have never seen anything like it. Never, ”he said. “When I looked outside, I said, ‘Oh my God, it’s coming! It’s coming! ‘
Luckily, Roi’s house was drying up, but a few blocks down the street, Roman Rodriguez entered one of his rooms from the floodwaters, and his stepfather’s work truck went nowhere.
In Miami Gardens on Northwest 170th Street and 22nd Avenue, the water level was much higher as floodwaters reached the trunk of residents’ cars.
Northwest Miami-Dade Day, a canal in the street also overflowed, and the swap shop flea market in Opa-Loka was under water.
With Duck Wading King on the streets, many play it safe and stay at home.
“I’m stuck. I won’t take my car there, “Rowe said.
Drivers must take extra precautions if they have to pass through any of the flood-prone neighborhoods where they do not know the depth of the land and how low the water is.
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