Florida Weather and Rain Updates: Sri Lanka Cricket Team Stranded in Florida After Flash Flood, Emergency Forces Cancel Flight to St Lucia for T20 World Cup Match 2024 against the Netherlands

The United States of America is currently co-hosting the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. Three venues have been allocated for the American leg of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. Three stadiums in New York, Florida and Dallas are planned to host sixteen group stage matches in different phases. The New York-Dallas game is over with three games remaining in the Florida game. Unfortunately, the matches in Florida were in danger of being destroyed due to persistent rain in South Florida, resulting in a flooding situation. A flash flood emergency was declared Wednesday in parts of South Florida, amid heavy rain that is not expected to stop for several days. The downpours and flooding that followed blocked roads and caused vehicles to float in and around the neighborhood. Florida Weather: Rain in Lauderhill is likely to spoil Pakistan’s chances of qualifying for the Super Eight of the 2024 T20 World Cup.

The Sri Lankan national cricket team, which was due to travel to St Lucia in the Caribbean islands to face the Netherlands in their final Group C match, is now stranded in Florida due to flash floods potentially fatal in the city. As a state of emergency was declared in Fort Lauderdale due to life-threatening flash flooding in Florida, hundreds of flights to and from South Florida airports were grounded by local authorities. This sudden development prevented cricketers and support staff of the Sri Lanka national team from traveling to the West Indies. Sri Lanka have already had one of their key matches against Nepal canceled due to persistent rain. Florida Weather and Rain Updates: Nepal cricket team stranded in Florida after flood-like situation forced cancellation of chartered flight to St. Vincent for World Cup matches World T20 2024 against South Africa and Bangladesh.

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Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida declared an emergency in Florida. Preliminary reports indicate that rainfall and flooding have affected and may continue to impact the operational capacity of critical infrastructure, including major highways, state and county roads, airports, schools and other infrastructure critical in these counties,” he said in the statement. Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis also declared a state of emergency. Florida is scheduled to host three important matches: USA vs. Ireland, India v Canada and Pakistan v Ireland, despite the flood emergency alert.

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