MIAMI – Right after a day of persistent rain and gusty wind from Hurricane Ian, the Florida Keys are beginning to dry out.
Nonetheless, there are nonetheless flooding considerations. A Storm Surge Warning remains in effect for the lower Keys such as Crucial West via Massive Pine Key.
Widespread flooding from storm surge, originating from the Gulfside, of 2 to 4 toes above ordinary high tide levels is predicted from Key West by way of Significant Pine Key. For several islands, this may possibly enable the storm surge to pass about from Gulfside to oceanside. Lots of streets are predicted to turn out to be impassable
A Storm Surge View stays in influence for the Center and Higher Florida Keys, from Marathon via Ocean Reef, as perfectly as islands east of Huge Pine Critical. Storm surge flooding 1 to 3 ft above typical significant tides is possible.
The maximum storm surge for the Gulfside/Bayside of the Middle Keys is envisioned Wednesday during the afternoon several hours, with the storm surge in the Bayside of the Upper Keys step by step peaking Thursday by way of Friday.
Though the winds are expected to proceed lowering through the day, there could be scattered squalls with wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph.
Monroe Co. officials said Wednesday morning that 6,400 people were devoid of energy in Reduced Keys, from the 7 Mile Bridge south to Important West. There had been no reported outages in Marathon north.
They said as powerlines are re-energized, individuals should really remain away from kinds that are downed or low-hanging.
The Snake Creek Bridge drawbridge is locked down to boat targeted traffic.
The Essential West Global airport was closed Wednesday with designs to reopen at 8 a.m. Thursday.
US1 is satisfactory at this time, including Sea Oats Beach in Islamorada, which had a washover Tuesday night time and was impassable.
