2 dead as heaviest rainfall in 10 years floods Las Vegas strip for second time in weeks

[libertybele]

2 dead as heaviest rainfall in 10 years floods Las Vegas strip for second time in weeks

Flash floods swept the iconic Las Vegas strip for the second time in weeks early Friday, causing two deaths as water to seep into casinos and flood parking garages.

The National Weather Service in Las Vegas issued a flash flood warning early Friday just after midnight warning of heavy rains, lightning and gusty winds. Videos on social media captured a bus floundering through an intersection that floodwaters had turned into lagoon and a car battling strong currents of downhill flooding............

...............The gambling town is experiencing its most intense monsoon season in a decade. It has seen 1.28 inches of rainfall in 2022, according to the National Weather Service. The region hadn’t received more than an inch in rainfall since 2014, according to the National Weather Service............

https://www.yahoo.com/news/heaviest-rainfall-10-years-floods-163309804.html

[GtHawk]

Wow, I guess it cleared up because my daughter, SIL and grandson drove into Vegas around 9AM Saturday and they haven't said a word about problems.

[roamer_1]

Wow, I guess it cleared up because my daughter, SIL and grandson drove into Vegas around 9AM Saturday and they haven't said a word about problems.

Better get em on the telephone and see if you've gotta come get em, and whether to bring the duck boat or the pontoon. 

No, really - I hope it's all good. 

[Sighlass]

It is hard to believe that an inch of rain can cause so much trouble... It takes 7-10 inches to do much flooding around here.

[roamer_1]

It is hard to believe that an inch of rain can cause so much trouble... It takes 7-10 inches to do much flooding around here.

Where you are is made to soak it up. In the desert that inch of rain is flash floods in arroyos. Even up in here, an inch of rain, you better be careful around the water, because it can come up quick. Although here, it may come up quick, but it's gone again quick.

[aligncare]

This after storm report of deaths is just more weather porn designed to advance the global warming narrative. On any given day, in any given city, people die for various reasons; we really don’t know what caused these deaths on this night. in other words, weather news, like political news, is driven by an agenda.

[rustynail]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IAJFCxAP_Y

[SZonian]

It is hard to believe that an inch of rain can cause so much trouble... It takes 7-10 inches to do much flooding around here.

The soil is very hard, little if any rain is absorbed and runs off, accumulating in washes and then accelerating downstream.  Desert soil needs slow, light rains to allow for absorption.  These monsoon storms are anything but and are not something to dismiss due to their real dangers.

[GtHawk]

Better get em on the telephone and see if you've gotta come get em, and whether to bring the duck boat or the pontoon. 

No, really - I hope it's all good. 

Sure I'll just tar up the outside of the old Corolla and put some paddles on the drive wheels

[roamer_1]

Sure I'll just tar up the outside of the old Corolla and put some paddles on the drive wheels

Don't forget the pool noodles.

 

 

[andy58-in-nh]

And meanwhile, we can't buy rain here in New England...

[GtHawk]

Don't forget the pool noodles.

 

 

Of course not, how would it float without the pool noodles?

[GtHawk]

And meanwhile, we can't buy rain here in New England...

Bone dry where I am in California, All I get is to watch the monsoon moisture pile up at the mountains before it rolls into Arizona and Nevada.