Flooding hits Las Vegas after overnight downpours
Flash flood warnings are in effect Friday in Las Vegas after strong winds, lightning and heavy downpours struck overnight, flooding roads across Sin City.
Some people were seen getting rescued from their cars.
Stay away from Downtown tonight. It’s completely submerged #vegas #vegasweather #weather #WeatherAuthority @LasVegasLocally @FOX5Vegas @KTNV pic.twitter.com/cDZzO1qUFy
— Jose Amaya (@j_vmaya) July 29, 2022
This storm has arrived and it’s angry.
The lightning is off the charts. https://t.co/GtfLy5jfZ2 pic.twitter.com/5zjtq5bisT— @SeanKTNV (@seanktnv) July 29, 2022
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This flooding comes during the heart of monsoon season. Sometimes desert areas in the Southwest can see all of their annual rain in just a few days.
But Las Vegas has been even drier than usual, leaving the parched soil to act like concrete during a night of heavy rainfall.
ABC News' Ginger Zee and Kenton Gewecke contributed to this report.
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