Watch: Stunning drone footage shows river of stranded cars on downtown Fort Lauderdale streets

Drone pilot Doug Thron captured overnight video of more than 100 cars stranded in high flood water on Broward Blvd. in downtown Fort Lauderdale. (Courtesy Douglas Thron, Florida Drone Cleaning) (South Florida Sun Sentinel)

Doug Thron knew his van couldn’t make it to his home in the Venice Isles neighborhood of Fort Lauderdale due to heavy flooding Wednesday night, so he had an idea. He would trudge through the water on foot and capture what he saw with his drone.

Thron, 53, runs a drone-cleaning company and does professional cinematography with his drones. The drone kept recording as it flew over dozens of cars submerged in water — footage that Thron shared with the South Florida Sun Sentinel on Thursday to show extensive flooding.

“I was blown away with just the magnitude of how many cars in every direction,” he said. “I’ve never seen rain like that before and I’ve traveled all over the world.”

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