DC Area Faces Flash Floods, Rescues Amid Heavy Rains
TL;DR
During a severe flash flood in Montgomery County, Maryland, over 100 rescue calls were made in just two hours due to intense rainfall and rapid water rise, prompting the most critical flood warning ever issued in the D.C. area, with numerous water rescues and road closures but no initial injuries reported.
- Maryland county fields more than 100 rescue calls in two-hour period during flash floods CBS News
- Heavy Rains in Washington Area Flood Roads and Prompt Water Rescues The New York Times
- Saturday to be sticky and stormy in the DC region WTOP
- Northern D.C. area hit by flash floods. Here’s why it happened. The Washington Post
- 20 rescued from building, dozens from vehicles as storms flood DMV FOX 5 DC
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