Several viral videos taken in the Orlando area on Thursday show residents kayaking or paddle boarding through the city’s streets, which have flooded to the point of becoming mini rivers.

Local authorities are urging people to shelter in place and avoid going out into the flooded roadways, a sentiment President Biden clearly reiterated in his own FEMA briefing this morning.

‘Don’t go outside unless you have to. The danger is real, to state the obvious,’ Biden said. ‘Please obey all warnings and direction from emergency officials.’
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