‘I saw fishes at the doorstep’: Areas of Davie and Plantation still flooded after 3 days of torrential downpours
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Parts of Davie and Plantation are still feeling the effects of heavy rainfall that began on Monday night, as neighborhoods, parking lots and streets remain flooded. Thursday morning, 7News cameras captured knee-high water in the parking lot of the Shenandoah Square shopping plaza, located off State Road 84 and Southwest 136th Avenue in Davie. People at the plaza were forced to park their cars next to the sidewalk to get to the businesses since there was too much water in the parking spots. I just know I can t walk in there, I can t. I don t want to find out neither. I parked my car right there and walked all the way to McDonald s to go get my food because nobody could drive into the plaza, said Brandon Jean-Baptiste. I don t have a boat or anything, or a high truck, so I had to just park here and then walk. Jean-Baptiste said that his neighborhood was also flooded. I saw fishes at the doorstep, so that will tell you everything that you need to know. I m surprised I