St. Louisans stranded at Fort Lauderdale's airport due to severe weather

MYTH, THANK YOU. FLIGHTS WERE LANDED ON TRAVELERS STRANDED AT FLORIDA'S FORT LAUDERDALE HOLLYWOOD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AFTER SEVERE FLOODING. WATCH THIS VIDEO. THIS IS FROM A PERSON IN THE AIR SHOWING HIS PERSPECTIVE FROM THE PLANE. WE'RE TOLD THIS IS A 1000 YEAR RAINFALL EVENT THAT FALLS BETWEEN 14 TO 20 INCHES OF RAIN IN JUST ONE HOUR. FOX'S PATRICK CLARK TWO TALKED TO ONE ST. LOUIS PERSON WHO GOT TRAPPED. HE IS NOW LIVE AT LAMBERT AIRPORT WITH HIS STORY. PATRICK. YES, THAT'S RIGHT. MANDY, THERE WERE SOME DELAYS LEAVING SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY HERE IN LAMBERT AND AROUND THE COUNTRY. I SPOKE WITH A ST.

LOUIS'S FAMILY THAT WAS TRYING TO GET OUT YESTERDAY MORNING. AND FINALLY TODAY THIS AFTERNOON I RETURN TO ST. LUIS. AS YOU SAID THIS IS THE MOST SEVERE FLOOD IN HISTORY THEY HAVE SEEN THERE IN FORT LEE, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA AND IT IS AFFECTING SOME TRAVELERS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS 25 INCHES OF RAIN IN 24 HOURS HIT FORT LAUDERDALE AND THE BROWARD COUNTY REGION. THE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IS UNPRECEDENTED. REPORTS OF MORE THAN 20 INCHES OF RAIN IN SOME AREAS. OF THE NIGHT I SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER DECLARING A STATE OF EMERGENCY TO ALLOW THE CITY TO BETTER ORGANIZE ITS RESOURCES IN RESPONSE TO THE STORM.

RECORD RAIN FORCES DRIVERS TO LEAVE THEIR CARS. THE FORT LAUDERDALE AIRPORT CLOSED UNTIL FRIDAY AT 05:00 AM. WHICH MEANS THE PASSENGERS WERE STRANDED IN SOUTH FLORIDA. THEY MADE US GO TO PICK UP OUR LUGGAGE. THEY SAID YOU NEED TO GO FOR YOUR TASTE. SO WE LEFT THE SECURITY AREA TO RETURN TO THE TICKET OFFICE, SEVERE TEARING OF THE DOOR TO PICK UP OUR LUGGAGE AND WE GO TO PICK UP OUR LUGGAGE AND THEN THEY LET US COME BACK SO THERE WAS NO FOOD, NOTHING. YOU CAN NOT. TSA WOULD LET YOU IN. AND THE AIRLINE SAID YOU CAN CHECK YOUR SUITCASE UNTIL 3 AM.

SO HE LITERALLY SAT THERE ON THE FLOOR. NO SEATS, NOTHING. EVERYONE IS WALKING. SOMETHING LOST, WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT TO DO. THE ST. LOUIS AND STRANDED IN SOUTH FLORIDA STUCK WITH OTHERS ON THE SAME BOAT FIGURATIVELY WHILE TRYING TO GET BOOKED OUT OF MIAMI. I AM LUCKY TO GET A FREE FLIGHT BUT IT'S NOTHING I DON'T WANT TO SAY THE WEATHER WAS INCREDIBLY CRAZY. YOU KNOW, YOU COULDN'T GET OUT OF YOUR CAR. YES, ESSENTIALLY OWNED AN UBER DRIVER AND LATE AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GET TO MIAMI GET A NEW RESERVATION AND ARE MAKING THEIR WAY BACK NOW WHILE WE TALK BACK TO ST.

LOUIS WITHIN THE NEXT HOURS. AND OF COURSE PEOPLE IN FLORIDA ARE A LITTLE TIRED OF ALL THAT WET WEATHER. IT IS SUPPOSED TO RAIN MORE ON THE FLORIDA ROAD