Video taking off 21x its usual first day

Fort Lauderdale drivers stranded as king tides submerge streets

CBS Miami's report follows flooded routes into Hollywood, where businesses put up sandbags; the station has since extended its weather alert through Wednesday.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 36,078 views a day, 21 times a normal first day on this channel (1,703).

Drivers stranded, roads flooded as king tides send water rushing inland in Fort Lauderdale

Jose cannot drive to work. Standing in deep floodwater in Fort Lauderdale, the resident gives CBS Miami's Morgan Rynor a practical picture of what another day of king tides means: familiar streets have become obstacles.

Rynor reports from Sunset Drive, with cameras showing water covering the road and inundating Las Olas Boulevard toward the beach. "A lot of people here are having difficulty getting to where they need to go," she says.

The report drew about 25,000 views in its first 12 hours, already far beyond the usual full-day audience for the station's Shorts.

For resident Latonya Shaw, even familiarity with tidal flooding offers little reassurance. She says she is used to king tides but has never seen Fourth Street flood during her six years living there. Aerial footage shows cars attempting to navigate waterlogged residential streets.

The coverage continues into Hollywood, where parking lots off A1A are flooded and businesses along the Broadwalk prepare with sandbags and boarded entryways as waves crash nearby. Rynor also warns that getting through without stalling does not mean a vehicle has escaped damage: the water is salty.

The original report described a flooding threat lasting at least through Tuesday. CBS Miami's subsequent weather update extends the alert through Wednesday, with the highest tides expected Tuesday.

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