More than 17 inches of rain fell in the airport area on Thursday, according to local media reports.
Miami – Fort Lauderdale -Hollywood International Airport , one of Florida 's busiest , which was closed Thursday due to heavy rains that caused flooding and traffic problems, will reopen Friday morning instead of noon as previously announced.
In a Twitter message, airport authorities indicated that "due to the volume of debris flooding on the airport grounds," the reopening was delayed until 5:00 am on Friday, April 14, weather permitting.
Today dawned clear in southeastern Florida, but weather services warned that heavy rain will return, especially in the afternoon.
According to Local 10, heavy downpours are expected, which will cause localized flooding, damaging winds, hail, and some brief, minor tornadoes.
The website of the airport, located about 35 kilometers north of Miami, shows that all departing flights scheduled for today were canceled or diverted to other airports, and the same is true for arrivals.
Authorities said they will try to prepare one of the runways today and asked people to contact their airline before going to the airport.
In 2022, 31,686,404 passengers passed through this airport, which is served by many low-cost carriers, according to its website.
More than 17 inches of rain fell in the airport area on Thursday, according to local media reports.
The rains began on Sunday in South Florida and did not stop on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Broward County, north of Miami, where Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport is located, has been the most affected by this storm, which led authorities to issue flood and tornado warnings, but there were also floods and accidents due to the rains in Miami-Dade.
Broward County Public Schools, the sixth largest school system in the country, are closed this Thursday as a precaution due to bad weather.
It affected two flights from the Dominican Republic
The airport closure caused the cancellation of two flights from the Dominican Republic, 2549 and 2448 FLL-SDQ-FLL, of JetBlue, from Las Américas International Airport, Punta Caucedo, Santo Domingo.
This was confirmed to Diario Libre by the director of corporate communication of Aeropuertos Dominicanos Siglo XXI (Aerodom), Luis José López.
The airline informed Aerodom that customers are being assisted at the counter.
Source: elnuevodia.com/Diario Libre.
