torrential rains flood Florida

Since April 13, Florida has been affected by exceptional torrential rains. Huddled against his rescuer, a child is urgently evacuated above a meter of water. It fell in places nearly a meter of precipitation in less than 24 hours. Some motorists swam away, while others remained trapped in their vehicles.

Residents rescued

Fort Lauderdale airport, completely flooded, reopened in the early afternoon of April 14. In the towns around Miami, relief is gradually picking up residents. In a nearby town, the inhabitants go for a paddle, a shopping cart, a hydrofoil or a kayak. “I’ve lived here a long time and I’ve never seen this before”, says a young man. The coastal areas of metropolitan Miami are still on flood alert. Some scholars refer to these storms as an event that occurs every 1,000 years.