South Florida King Tides
King Tides Flood South Florida Streets as Officials Issue Coastal Flood Alerts
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Exceptionally high King Tides are flooding parts of South Florida, sending water inland across Miami Beach streets and parking areas and affecting coastal homes and businesses. The National Weather Service issued coastal flood alerts for stretches of the Atlantic coast, including Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties, and warned that elevated tides could continue for several days. Officials urged people to avoid driving or walking through floodwater, which can conceal hazards. King Tides are unusually high tides associated with the alignment and position of the moon and sun; the flooding is occurring alongside a forecast return of showers and storms later in the week.
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Videos showed people arriving by kayak near a Miami Beach valet area as the midday high tide covered the pavement, illustrating how far the water had moved inland.
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Besides the Atlantic-coast advisory, officials issued a coastal flood statement for far south Miami-Dade and mainland Monroe County, where minor flooding was expected along the Florida Bay shoreline. The next predicted King Tide window in Miami-Dade is Oct. 7–13.
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Fort Lauderdale had recorded 20.77 inches of rain for September, making 2026 its wettest September on record and the city’s third-wettest month in the past 25 years; more rain was forecast that week.
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A resident who said she had redone her flooring because of flooding less than a year earlier said she was facing the same damage again: “I’m at the end of my rope.”
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