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Due to extreme rainfall in some parts of Miami-Dade County, the South Florida Water Management District is operating the extensive flood control system as it was designed to move large amounts of water quickly and efficiently.

South Florida water managers are working hard to deal with floods. However, as bad as the flooding in Sweetwater and Doral has been, it could have been worse if it weren't for the C-4 Impound Pumping Station.

The heavy rains prompted the National Weather Service to issue an urban flood advisory for portions of Miami-Dade County including Doral, Hialeah and Kendale Lakes and Sweetwater, until 7:15 p.m. At around 3 p.m, a flash flood advisory had been in effect for Northeastern Miami-Dade County and an urban flood advisory for Central Broward County.

A second reading of the ordinance which bans loose leaf and granular incense, will be read at an 8 p.m. meeting.

As it stands now, stores throughout Miami-Dade County, the state, and the country are selling fake marijuana openly.

The 14,000 person Miami-Dade town of Sweetwater doesn't find itself in the news often, but it did get some headlines for being the first city in the entire nation to ban "fake marijuana," and boy do they love to brag about.

The Sweetwater commission on Monday night will consider an ordinance to ban the sale of fake marijuana within the West Miami-Dade city.

U.S. Congressman Randy Neugebauer - representing District 19 of Texas which now covers Nolan County and spans from Lubbock to Abilene - made a stop in Sweetwater on Thursday, May 3, 2012 for a "Coffee with the Congressman" event at JavaJax in downtown Sweetwater.