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Travel resumed Friday at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in soggy South Florida after heavy rainfall and flooding drenched the coastal area with several inches in a matter of hours this week.
The airport’s Twitter account announced plans to reopen at 9 a.m. ET. The normally busy airport shut down and canceled hundreds of flights Wednesday as downpours turned its runways and access roads into rivers.
The stormy conditions knocked the Fort Lauderdale airport’s National Weather Service-operated Automated Surface Observing Systems offline, and forecasters have not received the latest rainfall totals at the airport as of Friday morning, according to the weather service.
Airport officials advised travelers to check with their airlines before heading to the airport.
Meanwhile, meteorologists predict more showers and thunderstorms South Florida Friday as residents began draining streets and cleaning up after the unprecedented storm.
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Flood warnings expired by mid-morning Friday, but the weather service continued to urge drivers to be cautious of water-covered roads.
The unprecedented downpours failed to put a damper on plans to host the Tortuga Music Festival on Fort Lauderdale Beach over the weekend.
Organizers announced the three-day festival for ocean conservation awareness would continue as planned beginning Friday afternoon.
The rare and extreme rainfall event that hit South Florida occurred less than two months away from the start of the Atlantic hurricane season on June 1.
