4.6 Inches Of Rain In 3 Hours Swamp Detroit, Neighboring Northern Communities

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Metro Detroit communities were struggling to cope with massive flooding, backed-up sewers, closed roads and stranded motorists following a storm that dumped nearly 5 inches of rain over several hours Monday afternoon and evening.

The storm contributed to at least one death when a woman motorist suffered a cardiac arrest after her car became stranded amid the flooding, officials said.

“We are absolutely overwhelmed,” Warren Mayor Jim Fouts said Monday night. “We’ve got police, fire, sanitation, DPW, waste treatment — anybody who wants to work overtime, can. We’re working round the clock. This is probably a 200-year rain. I’ve never seen anything like this.”

To Fouts and countless others, Monday’s rains seemed like the deluge of a lifetime. And for many, the 4.57 inches of rain that fell by 10 p.m. truly was unprecedented. Yet, that figure didn’t break the all-time record of 4.74 inches that fell on July 31, 1925, according to the National Weather Service.

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http://www.freep.com/article/20140811/NEWS05/308110181/Freeway-flooding-heavy-rain

[Nihil]

1. Someone's prayers for a fix to the water crisis seem to have hit a target other than that intended.

[PoutrageFatigue]

2. Indeed....

I was wondering if any enterprising souls had managed to capture some for the residents who have had theirs shut off...