Drones With Thermal Cameras Help Firefighters Find Trapped Florida Flood Victims

Palm Beach County, United States – Firefighters used drones with thermal imaging cameras to search for people trapped in stranded vehicles as fast-rising floodwater swamped parts of Palm Beach County, Florida.

Footage released by Palm Beach County Fire Rescue shows fire engines ploughing through flooded parking lots in the Century Village area on the night of Sunday, November 1, as cars sit partly submerged. A second video shows swiftwater teams ferrying residents by boat through flooded streets in Riviera Beach.