Parts of Florida see half a year’s worth of rain in 36 hours
The Washington Post • • general
Key Points:
- Up to 28 inches of rain, equivalent to about half a year’s worth, fell on Florida’s Space Coast within a day and a half, from Sunday afternoon to Monday evening.
- Meteorologist Jeff Berardelli described the event as unprecedented, noting he had never seen anything like it.
- The rainfall was so extreme that it had a recurrence interval of over 1,000 years in some locations, indicating its rarity.
- This intense rain event may signal more extreme weather ahead as Florida prepares for an active winter influenced by El Niño.
