One Week "Moratorium" On Ft. Lauderdale-Area Foreclosure Sales As Busted Water Pipe Floods Courthouse, Forcing Facility Shutdown

In Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reports:

• The Broward County Courthouse will be closed for most purposes through Friday after severe flooding knocked out the phone system and soaked reams of legal papers, court officials decided [Tuesday].

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• On Sunday evening, a 2-inch pipe burst in the Clerk of Court's Office, flooding the first and second floors of the courthouse. The burst blew a hole in the wall and ruined the building's communications center and thousands of court files.

For more, see Broward County Courthouse closed through Friday.