FloodingSaturday, November 7
Palm Beach County starts drying out after days of historic flooding
The 5AM West Palm Beach team
If you're still mopping up, you have company. Rain fell from Oct. 31 to Nov. 2, and Riviera Beach got more than 20 inches, leaving "catastrophic waist-high flooding," the Palm Beach Post reported. Tampa Free Press called it a 1-in-1,000-year rainstorm.
Rain and floodwater swamped parts of Palm Beach County
- 20+ inches
- of rain in Riviera Beach, Oct. 31 to Nov. 2
- 2 to 3 feet
- of water in some pockets of the county
- 7
- locations named in county wastewater alerts
Sources: Tampa Free Press, The Palm Beach Post, WPEC
In Riviera Beach's Lone Pine Estates, some residents were still trapped Wednesday, and Mayor Douglas Lawson said the city needs state and federal help. By Thursday, floodwater had receded from many roadways, though stranded cars, mud and debris remained.
- Wastewater alerts: possible bacterial contamination; drinking water not affected
- Election Day: officials relocated multiple polling stations
- Saturday: a cool front, a few showers, under 1/4 inch of rain
- Sunday: mainly sunny
Floodwater is receding as drier air moves in
- Oct. 31Rain from Oct. 31 to Nov. 2 drops more than 20 inches on Riviera Beach.
- Nov. 4Some Lone Pine Estates residents remain trapped; county has a local state of emergency.
- Nov. 5Floodwater recedes from many Lone Pine Estates roadways.
- Nov. 6Drier air arrives in Palm Beach County.
- Nov. 7A cool front will bring a chance of a few showers.
Sources: WFLX, The Palm Beach Post, WPEC
Sources: The Palm Beach Post, Tampa Free Press, WPEC, WFLX