By By Adriana Brasileiro and The Miami Herald •
Published December 13, 2020 •
Updated on December 13, 2020 at 9:00 am
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A record-breaking rainy season has left the River of Grass looking like a real river.
Shark Valley, a popular Everglades National Park tourist stop off Tamiami Trail, is temporarily closed and mostly underwater. The looping road leading to its signature observation tower looks like a canal in an aerial image taken by a staffer. Farther south, on the road to Flamingo on the southern mainland coast of Florida Bay, marshes normally draining down in South Florida’s dry season shimmer like lakes in the sun. At least one water gauge in the park reached its highest level since 1962.