Posted by Jose Lambiet , August 27, 2012 Print

Even if South Florida dodged the bullet yet again, most of the area woke up to flooding, roads littered with tree limbs and palm fonts, and power lines down.

As of right now, 17,000 people are without power in Palm Beach County, and 43,000 in Broward and Miami-Dade counties have no electricity.

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Schools and many government offices in the three counties are closed.

For more – without the hype — check out The Miami Herald and Broward County’s BrowardNet:

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