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They were standing under a Banyan tree on Beach Drive when the storms moved through Thursday afternoon.
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The National Weather Service says the annual pilgrimage of the Saharan dust has arrived in Florida, bringing with it enhanced sunrises/sunsets, a lull in tropical activity and trouble for allergy sufferers.
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After a deadly end to the month of June with rip current deaths, there will be a few days of calmer conditions before dangerous rip current risks arrive for the holiday weekend.
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More than 2 feet of rain fell in parts of Florida this week, leaving the most seasoned natives all wet.
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While flooding rains have left Florida, deep tropical moisture is still hovering over the state, which will bring high heat indices over Father's Day weekend.
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Some places got as much as 20 inches of rain over a two-day period.
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The National Weather Service cautioned that even smaller amounts of precipitation could impact saturated areas, causing flash floods on Friday before the region has a chance to recover.
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The downpours and flooding blocked roads, floated vehicles and delayed the Florida Panthers on their way to Stanley Cup games in Canada against the Edmonton Oilers.
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Many parts of South Florida have received over a foot of rain and the rains are forecast to continue, intense, at least through Friday. The ground is already saturated exacerbating dangerous floods.
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Portions of Sarasota received an estimated 8 inches of rain in a three-hour period from an area of tropical moisture that produced powerful storms across Southwest Florida, flooding streets and inundating the county's drainage system.
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Heavy tropical rains are expected to bring relief from the sweltering heat in the Sunshine State, but too much of a good thing is also increasing the flooding risk through the weekend.
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The National Hurricane Center says the area of deep moisture that will dump heavy rainfall over parts of the state has a small chance of developing into a tropical system over the next seven days.