Friday, April 14

A new update on the storms in Florida: Fort Lauderdale is finally going to get a break from the rain! Over the past few days, over 26 inches of rain have fallen in the area, inundating neighborhoods, flooding houses, and washing away cars and furniture. Officials are calling it a "1-in-1,000 year rainfall event," with the rain completely flooding the entire city in just 24 hours. Also, the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport was shut down and all planes were grounded due to the heavy rain, but it has since reopened. The massive amount of water ended up clogging storm drains and blocking roads. Also, hundreds of Floridians are still taking cover in high rises and storm shelters to save themselves from the flooding.

On another note, another massive earthquake has just struck the main island of Indonesia, Java, right off the coast of it. The earthquake has been rated as 7.0 magnitude, but officials say that there is no tsunami risk as of right now. However, aftershocks are expected, but no word is in yet of any injuries or deaths.