Rain, wind and king tide flooding making Miami’s streets tough to navigate

Rising king tide floodwaters made Miami’s Edgewater neighborhood a difficult place to navigate on Monday. In cars or on foot, the streets and sidewalks were almost impossible to pass without getting soaked.

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A woman driving a cherry red Mini Cooper drove down a flooded N. Bayshore Drive but made a U-turn and headed back the other way.

New York native Ari Chananya now works in Miami’s real estate industry and has lived at Edgewater’s EDITION Residences building for a year. But his morning walk with his dog Aspen, a three-year-old Goldendoodle, was rough. He had to carry Aspen across the puddles to keep her from getting soaked.

“She loves it.” Chananya, 23, said. “For me, I don’t want to be soaking wet when I get back in the apartment. It’s crazy to see in the morning when you get out and see what’s going on.”

The higher-than-usual tides have been powered by winds up to 30 mph blowing onshore, pushing more seawater on land. The extra 1 to 2 inches of rain expected along the coast over the next few days on top of the high tide will leave Miami with some soaked streets.

National Weather Service expects Tuesday to be the peak of these king tides, but they will also return Nov. 6 through 9 and Nov. 23 through 26.

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Mauricio Granados who works at EDITION Residences said the overflowing king tide said flooding was making the morning tough for Edgewater pedestrians.

“It’s the first time I’ve seen the water this high around here,” he said in Spanish. “I’m worried about the heavy winds because all of the large plants have been knocked down. I’ve never seen anything like this.”

By 11:30 a.m. on Monday, the floodwaters had dried up in Edgewater and other nearby neighborhoods. The sun shone brightly in Miami.

But there is still more rain and flooding ahead. High tide in Miami-Dade will be at 10:30 a.m. and 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday and 9:45 a.m. and 9:45 p.m. in Broward.

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