Maryland County reported more than 100 rescue calls on Saturday over a period of two hours during intensive rainfall and flash floods-the number observed in a period of 24 hours.
Due to significant rains from storms, there was a flash flooding in parts of Montgomery County, Maryland, located north of Washington, DC, which stuck many in many buildings and cars.
Cross DC area, silver spring, MD. And Great Falls, Wa. For example, areas were killed with intense floods after heavy rains on Saturday evening, inspired to release the National Meteorological Service. Flash flood emergency For silver spring and surrounding areas. The alert shared on Saturday night, has never been used in the DC area before as Flash Flood Images were started to be released by the National Meteorological Service in 2003, and the most important flood warning accordingly. Washington PostWith Slego Creek, the Montgomery County Flood Sensor indicated that the water increased by 10 feet in just 30 minutes.
According to the national weather forecast, the amount of rainfall throughout the region varies-Takoma Park was obtained between 2.5–3.5 inches, Silver Spring reported 3.5–4.5 inches, and the Chevy Chess area saw up to 2.5 inches while the Great Falls was received up to 3.5 inches. “As far as the amount of rain is there, you know, [it] Maybe this is not all enough, but it was like an hour, hour and one half. So this is a very intense rain rate, “said the National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington’s Kodi Ladbetter.
While there was no injury initially, dozens of water were rescued throughout the evening. At 8:30 pm, the Montgomery County Park Police responded to a report of 20 people stranded inside the Chevy Chess Building, which contained the stuck water rescues.
Trespi Liberman of Montgomery County Park Police said, “About 20 park patrons lived inside the building for a few hours, for a few hours, with officers, until they were able to take out the back road without any incident.”
Montgomery County resident John Angel told CBS Washington affiliated Wusa-9 About a harsh situation in which his wife and daughter were trapped inside their SUV on Sligo Creek Parkway.
“We are on the phone, we are talking and then it was so,” There is a lot of water. ” And then he simply hung, “Angel said.
His family was successfully evacuated from his vehicle with the help of neighbors, which quickly moved to help.
“When I came out, I saw the car and it was originally trapped in the flood,” Angel said. “The next thing I heard was, people were shouting, trying to get him out of the car – it happened soon. They drove him out – people in the neighborhood. Thank God.”
The residents were shocked by how fast the water grew. Angel, who has been in the area for 20 years, said that he had never seen such a rapid flood before.
Until Sunday morning, Sligo Creek Parkway remained closed due to floods. Other areas also reported the closure of the road on Saturday evening.
According to the National Weather Service, Flash Flood Emergency was valid through 9 pm. Further, forecasts predict some light rainfall during Sundays and next week, but it is not until the end of the next week when the possibility of more notable thunderstorms increases.
