King tides, rain are flooding South Florida. What are we doing about it?

Miami Herald · Alex Harris · 2026-11-06 10:11 UTC

Historic king tides and heavy rain are inundating South Florida. Cities are raising roads, installing pumps, seawalls and backflow preventers to reduce flooding.

Historic, chart-topping king tides submerged South Florida last week, flooding more places deeper and longer than they’d ever seen before. This week, double-digit rainfall filled in the blanks, swamping inland and coastal areas.

South Florida is soggy, and all the science says its only going to get worse. That’s bad news for anyone who lives in, works in, owns property in, visits or even passes through South Florida. So, millions of people.

But In response, local governments have poured hundreds of millions into solutions over the last few years. Keeping dry for the next decade alone would take billions more — if not tens of billions.

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