SchoolsThursday, November 5
Six Palm Beach County schools stay closed today as flood cleanup continues
The 5AM West Palm Beach team
If you have a student in Palm Beach County, check your school before heading out. The district said six schools stay closed today: Egret Lake Elementary, Grassy Waters Elementary, Sandpiper Shores Elementary, Washington Elementary, Jeaga Middle School and West Boca High. They're six of the 10 closed this week. Students who can't reach an open school because of unsafe conditions get an excused absence.
Six of the 10 schools closed this week stay closed Thursday
6 of 10
- stay closed Thursday
- 4 not on Thursday's closed list
Source: The Palm Beach Post
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| Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| stay closed Thursday | 6 | 60% |
| not on Thursday's closed list | 4 | 40% |
The flooding also kept firefighters busy. Palm Beach County Fire Rescue said crews spent three days getting residents out of floodwater. It began around 5 p.m. Sunday with more than 70 911 calls from the Century Village area, where nearly 100 people were trapped in vehicles. No one was hurt.
- Century Village: water reached 3 to 4 feet in some areas
- Riviera Beach: 71 people and nine pets evacuated
- Riviera Beach: two medical rescues by the swiftwater team
- Military Trail: crews also staffed an aircraft crash site
More than 1,600emergency calls Fire Rescue answered countywide in three days
That total covers every 911 call the department handled, not just flooding.
Sources: BocaNewsNow.com, WPTV
Sources: BocaNewsNow.com, WPTV, The Palm Beach Post