Heavy storms cause damage and scary scenes across South Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Thunderstorms roared through Broward and Miami-Dade counties on Thursday afternoon, bringing rain, wind and some damage.

Edgewater Storms caused flooding in Miami's Edgewater neighborhood on Thursday.

Water gushed from a drain in Miami’s Edgewater neighborhood. The flooding damaged several parked cars. A man kayaked through the murky water. Some drivers got stuck in the flood.

Rain damage The rain caused flooding in Miami's Edgewater neighborhood on Thursday afternoon.

A tree temporarily blocked a road in West Miami-Dade, and another tree crashed down on Chris Wintter’s parked Audi in Fort Lauderdale, creating a loud enough sound that it sent people running.

Windy Thursday The wind swings a scaffolding with workers hanging from a building Thursday in in Sunny Isles Beach.

A pair of workers held on for dear life in a scaffolding that was swinging against a tall building in Sunny Isles Beach. Fences and screens collapsed and caved in flapping in the wind at homes in Hialeah.

Power lines have also gone down. Florida Power & Light says about 1,300 customers in Miami-Dade and almost 1,100 in Broward have lost power.

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