© Joshua C. Cruey, Orlando Sentinel / October 9, 2011Workers from CSX and Orange County work to clear the roadway of water and repair the railroad near United Way after prolonged heavy rains caused flooding in Orlando on Sunday.
Sunday's storms came after a soggy Saturday broke a nearly 60-year-old record for daily rainfall in Orlando, officials said. Saturday's rainfall totaled 6.16 inches at Orlando International Airport, beating the previous record of 3.29 inches set in 1954, according to Tony Cristaldi, a senior meteorologist at the weather service.
"That's a lot of water," Cristaldi said. Late Sunday and early today, Volusia, Brevard and Indian River counties faced tropical-storm force winds, with some areas getting 70-mph gusts.
Osceola County on Sunday reported standing water on about a dozen streets - including a section of U.S. Highway 441 - and made sand and bags available to residents. St. Cloud had pumps running in several locations to deal with high water in a canal and two creeks, among other locations.
In Orange County, workers from CSX and the county had to repair parts of the railway that was washed out on Sunday near in an industrial area near the Orlando International Airport.
In Orlando, over-saturated soil coupled with gusty winds knocked down a few trees and a power line on Pine Hills Road just north of Silver Star Road.
Cristaldi said the eastern half of the region soaked up most of the wet weather, including areas in eastern Seminole, Brevard, Osceola and Volusia counties.
"Everyone in Central Florida got at least four inches, but the coast got higher amounts," he said.
There is a lot of rain in Turkeylately and they say it will last for another week but Antalya broke all records - 300 kg of rain in one square meter in one day. Airflights were delayed or cancelled. A Sky airlines plane landed on its belly after one of the landing gears broke - luckily no one was hurt. A village was flooded so badly only a few houses remained- the rest of the buildings disappeared says the mayor of Antalya. There are casualties also.
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