Dangerous flooding hit the Washington DC area on Monday, July 8, 2019, causing floods in the White House, waterfalls on public transportation, and road washouts.
A flash flood warning was issued by the National Weather Service in Washington DC, Arlington County, east central Fairfax County, and the city of Alexandria because of the slow-moving thunderstorm.
Videos and pictures on social media showed the damage caused indoors and outdoors because of Monday morning’s rain.
Those who were stranded are being safely escorted off of Canal Road by @dcfireems. Everyone else swam or walked to higher ground on their own. Water slowly receding now. Flash Flood Warnings are a big deal. #DCWX pic.twitter.com/ry80Ls1hfg
— Dave Dildine (@DildineWTOP) July 8, 2019
This is what it looks like near Dulles Airport right now…major flooding. (Sam Sweeney) #MDVAFlooding pic.twitter.com/I1N9Jvuckn
— Tony Pann (@TonyPannWBAL) July 8, 2019
The view of what I was turned around to go back to on Williamsburg Blvd & Westmoreland in Arlington. Williamsburg was like a river, washing trash and recycling bins down the street and piling up against parked cars. #arlington #fallschurch @capitalweather pic.twitter.com/wVz3Gois27
— Colin Storm (@ColinStorm) July 8, 2019
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1148222388242452480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Firefighters shutting down part of road in West End, DC. 25th/N. #DC #flooding #flashflooding pic.twitter.com/rSWHYAGdXy
— Ashley James (@AshleyJamesNews) July 8, 2019
This is insane on I-66 @capitalweather pic.twitter.com/VIdTbgKwCh
— Andrea L (@lazolov3) July 8, 2019
CNBC correspondent Eamon Javers shared a photo showing flooding in the White House basement.
It’s official: The White House basement is flooding. pic.twitter.com/f1DR6awE89
— Eamon Javers (@EamonJavers) July 8, 2019
The Washington Metro was hit hard during rush hour, with water bursting through roofs of stations and down elevator shafts.
Hey, @EENewsUpdates, I think I’m going to be late for work. @wmata pic.twitter.com/wg2ycFOp3L
— Niina H. Farah (@niina_h_farah) July 8, 2019
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1148223014967767041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
I’m advising commuters not to use the street elevator at Pentagon Metro this morning. #wmata pic.twitter.com/z8bNwAPcPG
— Nick Scalera (@nickscalera) July 8, 2019
“Travel will be EXTRAORDINARILY dangerous,” the National Weather Service warned on Twitter. “Stay out of low areas, if in a low area that may flood, seek higher ground. Stay off the roads if at all possible. This is not the ‘usual’ flooding.
If you are in this FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY area, travel will be EXTRAORDINARILY dangerous, including washouts, #flooding over roads. Stay out of low areas, if in a low area that may flood, seek higher ground. Stay off the roads if at all possible. This is not the "usual" flooding. pic.twitter.com/RwvkQDdfUl
— NWS Baltimore-Washington (@NWS_BaltWash) July 8, 2019
Pete Piringer, a spokesman for the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service, told WTOP that storm drains were “overwhelmed” because of the storm.
“All our folks are deployed right now,” he said.
In parts of the DC region, up to four inches of rain fell in an hour,according to the Washington Post.
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