Flooding closes school, impacts voting in South Florida. Why is it raining so much?

South Florida was drenched Monday as rounds of heavy rain and thunderstorms swept across the region, producing impressive rainfall totals and widespread flooding concerns. At least one school, St. Bonaventure Catholic School in Davie, closed for the day due to flooding. Public schools in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach were already closed for teacher planning days on Election Day. Voting has also been affected, as some polling places have had to be changed. See if your precinct is impacted here. How much did it rain in South Florida? Doppler radar estimates show some neighborhoods received more than 6 inches of rain, with particularly heavy amounts across Broward County. Rainfall reports included more than 7 inches in Sunrise, around 6 inches in Weston and over 5 inches in Davie. Video taken on Monday from outside Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise shows some fans who were there for the Panthers game walking out of the rink into knee-high water. In that area, estimates