A series of storms that brought massive rainfall to parts of South Florida on Sunday also helped cause a large number of delays and cancellations at airports across the area.
As of midday Monday, Miami International Airport had around 30 flights cancelled and 104 delays, while Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport had 32 flights cancelled and 120 delays.
Officials from MIA said the issues began around 12:30 p.m. Sunday across Florida and along the east coast of the United States.
The issues continued for four hours, causing 439 delays and 81 cancellations at MIA on Sunday, along with 373 delays and 42 cancellations at FLL.
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MIA officials said around half of the cancellations and delays were due to the storm weather. FLL officials said that while bad weather was to blame, the travel woes were also attributable to airline operational issues.
Pompano Beach had over three inches of rainfall while Hollywood had over two and a half inches. Allapattah had just under two and a half inches of rainfall.
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"I feel like everyone out there knows my pain," MIA traveler Dave Tallman said. "My girlfriend’s flight got canceled this morning and she couldn’t even get booked again today."
"It got cancelled entirely, so now we’re just waiting in line to try and rebook it again," said Elizabeth Livchin, whose flight was canceled in Miami.
Officials at MIA said Monday that the amount of delays and cancellations were slowing down to a more normal pace.
