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Florida parents question school closures after students wade through floodwater
Historic rainfall flooded roads in Port St Lucie, Florida, where video showed students wading through deep water after leaving school buses. The scenes sparked anger among parents, who questioned why schools stayed open as dangerous conditions developed.
Some families said children were stranded in vehicles for hours and got home as late as 9pm; parents also struggled to reach them. St Lucie County Schools Superintendent Jon Prince apologised, saying officials had not anticipated what happened. The storm killed two people and prompted hundreds of rescues across Florida.
In short
- Students waded through floodwater after leaving buses in Port St Lucie.
- Some children were stranded for hours as roads flooded.
- The superintendent apologised; two people died in the storm.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Parents erupt as Florida students seen battling rising floods after exiting bus into waist-deep water amid ‘one in 1000-year’ rainfall”.