Update: Tropical Storm Fay
Tropical Storm Fay has become increasingly important has time goes on. A week ago, Tropical Storm Fay was going to be yawn. Then Fay stayed and stayed and stayed…
From the Orlando Sentinel:
The St. Johns River could hit Central Florida this week with some of the worst flooding on record.
Runoff from Fay is gorging nearly every part of the 310-mile St. Johns River, which forms south of Melbourne and flows north to the Orlando area and on to Jacksonville.
“Geneva, Astor and other areas will see moderate and major flooding,” forecaster Todd Hamill at the Southeast River Forecast Center said Saturday night. “There’s just a lot of water and no place for it to go.”
Even in ordinary times, the meandering St. Johns drains to the Atlantic Ocean very slowly. During heavy rainfall, it grows wider rather than flow much more quickly. (more… )
