A NEXT Weather alert has been extended for parts of South Florida into Friday as heavy rain pounded the region, bringing the possibility of flash flooding.

"We could be looking at totals anywhere from two to four inches plus, because we've already gotten some spots here that have gone even above that," CBS News Miami's NEXT Weather Chief Meteorologist Ivan Cabrera said.

Flood advisories in Broward and northern Miami-Dade

Advisories were already posted Thursday evening across Broward County, stretching from Deerfield Beach and Pompano Beach south into Plantation and Sunrise. Cabrera said the system was acting "like train tracks" over the same neighborhoods, keeping the risk elevated.

"This is going to be a Broward and North Dade event and then we're going to spread things a little bi

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