Stormy weather uproots large tree in South Miami, floods streets across Miami-Dade, Broward

Particular heavy downpours across South Florida on a soggy Sunday triggered several major tree trouble in a South Miami neighborhood and caused extensive flooding in the region A massive cleanup effort got underway near Southwest th Street and rd Avenue Sunday afternoon Arborist Ron Von Paulus reported News an enormous tree was knocked down during the severe storms its roots pulled clean right out of the ground It s got to be at least to years old he disclosed Von Paulus was called for the emergency and has spent hours clearing nearing yards of debris He declared specific fast flooding likely caused this tree to go down That little bit of soil is just super saturated and is no longer holding on to the roots he announced So you can have a -mile-an-hour wind on a big sail like the canopy of this tree when the roots aren t grabbing because right this moment there s so much water in the ground and it just falls over News cameras captured the property damage caused by the uprooted tree It s in two houses on one house and everything else It s not fun for these folks noted Von Paulus The tree also smashed neighbor Roberto Elizondo s car I was in the room I had the TV on it was raining I did hear like a thump but didn t make much of it he disclosed When he came out of his home Elizondo stated he was shocked I mean I kind of peeked through and yeah there s branches and everything on top of the windshield The windshield is smashed he commented The inclement weather impacted countless areas in South Florida Cutler Bay saw massive flooding In other areas water rose so high people recorded themselves swimming in it and certain neighborhoods even got hail The weather comes during a very busy weekend People visiting Miami Gardens for the weekend s Formula event dealt with specific gloomy weather However the race was not delayed As for this cleanup in South Miami crews hope to have this well-traveled street back open on Monday It s like the ant eats the elephant one bite at a time just little pieces disclosed Von Paulus You just do it safely and pay a lot of attention