00:00Here in the Victoria Park neighborhood in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the king tides are creating a royal mess.
00:07It has been this way for several days, and they're expecting these astronomically higher than normal tides through the rest of the week.
00:15Now, there has been a lot of folks that have been trying to get in and around these high tides over the last several days.
00:21They're called nuisance flooding because they happen in fair skies, sunny skies, because it is seawater intrusion.
00:26The problem is they are slow to come in and slow to recede.
00:31So folks that live around the king tides are definitely struggling this week.
00:35And it looks like for many folks in this particular neighborhood who are dealing with a senior development community, they have to be very wary of the folks that live here.
00:47Some of them do not get around very easily, and it is a challenge, especially when the king tides are at their peak.
00:52Well, most people stay home, you know, and don't just don't come out because, I mean, there are a lot of cars that are in deep water, and it's not too smart to drive them.
01:04And if you need something and you don't have it and the water is high, you rely on a neighbor.
01:08Now, county officials in Broward and in Miami-Dade counties have been working earnestly to try and mitigate some of the problems with these king tides.
01:17That includes drainage systems and pumps that they'll run at different times of the year when these king tides are a problem.
01:25And as you can see over my shoulder, the ocean still coming in steadily here.
01:29It will be several more hours before these waters recede.
01:33Unfortunately, this area of South Florida is anticipating several weeks, in fact, about six more weeks, of king tides between now and the end of the year.
01:43Reporting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, I'm Leslie Hudson for AccuWeather.
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