More than 25 inches of rain floods Fort Lauderdale, most within 6 hours

Start with that travel nightmare this morning, thousands of passengers are still in limbo right now. Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport is closed after Broward County was flooded with

rain

. Some of those areas saw

more

than a foot in a single day. Let's check in with wptv's Brianna Sbral. He's been at the airport all morning, Brianna, we heard that noon might be time to go again, that might be a little iffy, yeah, right now it's scheduled for noon. You know, Holland, he has someone who grew up in South Florida and has called this my home. In my entire life, this is the

most

severe flooding I have ever seen, it is unprecedented in the recent history of South Florida.

Now there continues to be chaos here for travelers here at the airport, not only for those who spent the night and spent the night here, but also for those Travelers who arrive here thinking they will be able to catch the next flight only to find out that it is delayed or canceled . I spoke to Travelers heading to Atlanta, North Carolina, New York, even Canada, all of them stranded here at the airport now I want to show you the reason for this this is the deal breaker this is the runway still completely flooded here this it's our guy Vantage you know standing water all over the runway excuse me this is the reason planes can't take off or land Now since we last spoke some of this water has receded as you can see but there's still some dry spots, but in general the majority is still flooded.

The National Weather Service in Miami says Fort Lauderdale saw between 14 and 20 20

inches

of

rain

since yesterday afternoon, so if you're coming from our viewing area, you may not be able to get out for a while. Let's take a look at a video we shot this morning. We were here when the roads to the airport reopened, allowing travelers who had spent the night here to leave the weather with friends and family or a carpool and that's because no one was allowed in or out of the airport at night. Now you can also see hundreds of travelers stranded inside the airport,

most

sleeping anywhere they could find, you could really see the fatigue, desperation, desperation on their faces, many told me that the restaurants inside closed and that most of The vending machines were empty, so many were left without anything to eat.

Now let's take a look at the video that arrived in our newsroom last night from Travelers Trapped Here. At the airport, delays were reported to be 75 minutes and increased yesterday afternoon before the airport closed completely. Some drivers reported being stuck in their cars for

more

than six

hours

as roads in and out of the airport were flooded and closed. I spoke to two women before. who had boarded their flights to their respective active homes only to be disembarked three

hours

later they both spent the night at the airport but told me they were looking to rent a car and just drive north, they described this as a total nightmare and I alone I talked to someone last week and I told them that as much as I fly and as many places as I have, we've always been very lucky and we've never had delays and then we're part of history with this right here because it's crazy, crazy, all of a sudden there were waves across the asphalt and you didn't realize it was so flooded we could see cars there where the water was going over the wheels and it just progressed from there now we don't know how long exactly it will take all this water to receive those are some questions we are waiting to ask how they plan to get all this water out on the runway now we are learning that the airport will be closed all day reopening tomorrow morning at 5 00 a.m.

I mean, it's hard to imagine any of these flights taking off anytime soon, so that makes it a little easier to understand if we're going to wait another day, but all these Travelers stuck inside are going to have to. Now find a way out of here an exit whether it's via the bright line via trains via rideshare driving I mean it's a hectic scene right now for these Travelers just trying to find a way out From here I think there is a disaster. Approximately 73,000 passengers pass through Fort Lauderdale Hollywood alone on any given day, so this is really a big inconvenience.

We saw the video of the flooding on the first floor of the parking lots and also in the rental car lots. Have you heard of those? Reopening at this point, you know, Holly, I went downstairs about 30 minutes ago and I actually didn't see that many cranes there. 30 minutes ago I arrived early and saw a bunch of them coming in, probably a lot. Those cars, especially on the first floor of this parking lot, just flooded and probably don't even start, but when I went there about 30 minutes ago I didn't see that many tow trucks here, it's possible that these cars could Let's start with those rental cars, they told us which are limited.

I mean, at this point, I'm sure you're all full and busy, but yeah, those are just some of those questions that we're still waiting to get answered. Look, you know if these Travelers are going to be able to get out of here, oh my gosh, okay, your heart goes out to all those people who are trapped, they're coming home, they're trying to get you to their car and it's just broken. out