FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Another round of king tides hit Florida Wednesday, leaving high water on the roads.
Those who deal with king tides regularly said it could be much worse.
"It also comes up through the storm drain, so it's every source where water can come from," Katie Fitzgerald said. "I can't get away from it."
Fitzgerald has now adapted to a life of seasonal rising water in her Fort Lauderdale neighborhood.
Pumps and pipes channel flood waters out in her backyard.
"We're becoming very effective aquatic engineers," she said.
Just yards away, the city's much bigger pump works to keep water out of the neighborhood, along with more than 170 miles of storm water pipes and thousands of catch basins.
For the most part, roads were clear Wednesday.
Local 10 News reporter Layron Livingston did come across several inches of water flowing across low-lying Cordova Road, which runs right next to a lake and canals.
Thankfully, that water only flooded driveways and yards, not homes.
"Part of it is where we live, (and) part of it is environmental," Fitzgerald said. "We just have to be proactive."
Maria Muslera, who lives in Riviera Isles, has been dealing with the problem for years.
She watched Wednesday morning as the water inched over the seawall and through storm drains, and went right into the yards of some of her neighbors.
"I think so many people in the area are so frustrated because of all the debris around, and now that high tide is coming, that makes clogging all the streets and we have a lot of water," she said.
Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jack Seiler said the removal of storm debris has been expedited in low-lying coastal areas to prevent a bad situation from turning worse.
Flood mitigation efforts have been underway for years.
"The city has committed hundreds of millions of dollars in terms of storm water projects," Seiler said. "In terms of drainage projects, we've installed 133 tidal valves. That's 133 valves around the city of Fort Lauderdale to address this problem."
Water levels were also high in Miami Beach, but no major flooding was reported Wednesday morning.