A historic storm system flooded cars, turned parking lots into lakes and smashed records on New York's Long Island, where one town got more than a foot of rain in just six hours on Wednesday. Flash-flood watches were in effect across New England as the dousing chugged east. The National Weather Service described the Long Island flooding as dangerous and life-threatening. The town of Islip, which had never recorded more than 7 inches of rain in a single day, reported almost 13 inches. The pictures looked like something out of a hurricane.
Long Island was only the latest part of the country to be deluged. The body of a 100-year-old woman was found in the flooded basement of a house outside Detroit, which got more than 6 inches of rain on Monday - the most in 89 years, according to the mayor. There was a flash flood emergency in Baltimore, where more than 8 inches of rain fell southeast of the city and where authorities had to close a tunnel on Tuesday, according to NBC affiliate WBAL. In the Southwest, 16 people had to be rescued from street flooding in Phoenix, according to NBC affiliate KPNX. And over the weekend in Nebraska, heavy rain overwhelmed the storm-water system in Kearney, leading to flash floods that swept through a hospital cafeteria.
IN-DEPTH SOCIAL - Erin McClam
First published August 13 2014, 6:37 AM
Entities 0 Name: Long Island Count: 3 1 Name: NBC Count: 2 2 Name: Erin McClam Count: 1 3 Name: Phoenix Count: 1 4 Name: National Weather Service Count: 1 5 Name: New England Count: 1 6 Name: KPNX Count: 1 7 Name: Detroit Count: 1 8 Name: New York Count: 1 9 Name: WBAL Count: 1 10 Name: Nebraska Count: 1 11 Name: Kearney Count: 1 12 Name: Islip Count: 1 13 Name: Baltimore Count: 1 14 Name: Southwest Count: 1 Related 0 Url: http://ift.tt/1q6uVEQ Title: Detroit Historic Flooding: Major Interstates May Be Closed For Days After Historic Rainfall Event; Two Dead - weather.com Description: Follow @WxNick - Detroit's wettest day in 89 years flooded at least five freeways - Some roads may be closed for days; copper theft blamed for some pump failures - At least 1,000 cars and likely thousands of basements flooded - Auto production slowed due to flooding-related disruptions Two women died and thousands of motorists were caught on flooded freeways and streets Monday as Detroit and its suburbs were inundated with record-shattering rainfall during the afternoon rush.