FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) – The heavy rain across South Florida resulted in a ceiling collapsing in a Fort Lauderdale apartment building.
The incident happened along the 300 block of Southwest 19th Street, at around 1 a.m., Friday.
“Water started pouring on my head from the ceiling,” said Keia Jones, who lives in the apartment. “I woke my boyfriend up and I was like, ‘Bae, get up because it’s a lot of water coming from the ceiling.’ Seconds after I got him up, it caved in. I mean, we literally had to jump out of the way. He had to jump out of the bed and I had to jump back, it was a big crash. The whole ceiling fell.”
Some areas received four to six inches of rain.
Additional showers are expected on Friday.
Jones said the American Red Cross has stepped in and offered help.
“It’s a disaster,” said Keia’s boyfriend Jeffery Clark. “There’s nothing we can do. Everything is ruined. All of our clothes are ruined. Red Cross came to help us but we have no transportation.”
She also said she called her landlord but has not yet received a response. Jones has been living in the apartment for two years.
Jones said her apartment just passed a building inspection.
“We just had inspection two days ago,” she said. “I passed inspection and then this happened and I’m like, ‘Wow.’”
Some residents said the focus is now cleanup and that if they don’t do it themselves, it won’t get done.
A flood advisory was issued for parts of Broward County but has since expired.
Parts of Broward and Miami-Dade counties remain flooded.
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