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Miami receives abundant rainfall, one of the highest among major cities in the United States. Most of this rainfall occurs from mid-May through early October. Miami has an average annual rainfall of 61.9 inches (1,570 mm), whereas nearby Fort Lauderdale and Miami Beach receive 66.5 inches (1,690 mm) and 51.7 inches (1,310 mm), respectively ...
October 3 – Hurricane Lili makes landfall on southern Louisiana, and drops 1.04 inches (26 mm) of rainfall in Pensacola. [ 25 ] October 11 – Tropical Storm Kyle turns northward to the east of the state, producing up to 2.05 inches (52 mm) of precipitation in Fernandina Beach and a light storm surge.
Rainfall totals were generally at least 5 in (130 mm), with a maximum amount of 10.31 in (262 mm) at a CoCoRaHS station in Sebring. [27] Several roads in the county were closed due to flooding or washouts. [172] Throughout the county, 144 businesses or homes were destroyed, 963 were inflicted substantial damage, and 2,408 had minor damage.
In Florida, this year has been a tale of two states as far as rainfall totals, with the southeast coast deluged by sometimes-record rainfall and much of the Gulf of Mexico coast facing a drought.
Rainfall amounts tapered to the south, with totals of 3–5 in (76–127 mm) in Miami proper, [20] though Miami's Coconut Grove neighborhood saw over 13 in (330 mm) of rain between April 12 and April 13. [23] Floodwater depths exceeded 3 ft (0.91 m) near Floyd Hull Stadium in Fort Lauderdale. [24]
The heavy rainfall flooded neighborhoods in the area, [10] damaging over 100 houses. [22] The storm left about 1.4 million people without power in Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade counties. [16] In Broward County north of Katrina's first landfall, the hurricane dropped light rainfall, ranging from 2 to 4 in (51 to 102 mm). [10]
The Carmonas are not the only victims of Kapoor’s defunct real estate ventures. The couple and more than 30 other foreign condo buyers at URBIN’s Miami Beach project have lost about $10 ...
The nationwide maximum rainfall total from the hurricane was 13.98 inches (355 mm) in the western portion of Miami-Dade County. No major flooding was reported in the state. The hurricane caused about $25.3 billion (1992 USD) in damage and 44 deaths in the state—15 directly from the storm's effects and 29 indirectly related.