Maryland county fields more than 100 rescue calls in two-hour period

Flash flooding hits Washington, D.C.

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A Maryland region reported much than 100 rescue calls Saturday successful a two-hour play during aggravated rainfall and flash floods — numbers usually seen successful a 24-hour period.

Significant rainfall from storms caused flash flooding successful parts of Montgomery County, Maryland, located northbound of Washington, D.C., connected Saturday, trapping galore successful buildings and cars. 

Across the D.C. region, areas similar Silver Spring, Md. and Great Falls, Va., were deed with aggravated flooding pursuing dense rainfall connected Saturday evening, prompting the National Weather Service to contented a flash flood emergency for Silver Spring and surrounding areas. The alert, shared connected Saturday night, has ne'er earlier been utilized successful the D.C. country since flash flood emergencies started being issued by the National Weather Service successful 2003, and is the astir captious flood warning, according to The Washington Post. Along Sligo Creek, Montgomery County flood sensors indicated that waters roseate 10 feet successful conscionable 30 minutes. 

According to the National Weather Forecast, rainfall amounts varied crossed the portion — Tacoma Park received betwixt 2.5-3.5 inches, Silver Spring reported 3.5-4.5 inches, and the Chevy Chase country saw arsenic overmuch arsenic 2.5 inches portion Great Falls received up to 3.5 inches. "As acold arsenic the rainfall amount, you know, [it] mightiness not dependable each that substantial, but it had … happened successful similar an hour, hr and a half. So it's a precise aggravated rainfall rate," said Cody Ledbetter of the National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington.

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While nary injuries were initially reported, dozens of h2o rescues were conducted passim the evening. At 8:30 p.m., Montgomery County Park Police responded to a study of 20 radical trapped wrong a Chevy Chase building, carrying retired h2o rescues of those stranded within. 

"Approximately 20 parkland patrons stayed wrong the gathering with officers, for a mates of hours, until they were capable to thrust retired a backmost roadworthy without incident," Tracy Lieberman of Montgomery County Park Police said.

Montgomery County nonmigratory John Angel told CBS Washington affiliate WUSA-9 astir a harrowing concern successful which his woman and girl were trapped wrong their SUV connected Sligo Creek Parkway. 

"We're connected the phone, we're talking and past she was like, 'There's a batch of water.' And past she conscionable hung up," Angel said. 

His household was successfully evacuated from their conveyance with the assistance of neighbors, who rapidly moved to help. 

"When I came outside, I saw this car and it was fundamentally conscionable stuck successful the flood," Angel said. "The adjacent happening I heard was radical yelling, trying to get her retired of the car – it happened quick. They got her retired — radical successful the neighborhood. Thank God."

Residents were shocked by however accelerated the waters rose. Angel, who has lived successful the country for 20 years, said helium had ne'er witnessed specified aggravated flooding before.

As of Sunday morning, Sligo Creek Parkway remained closed due to the fact that of the floods. Other areas besides reported roadworthy closures passim Saturday evening.

The flash flood exigency was valid done 9 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. Looking ahead, forecasts foretell immoderate airy showers Sunday and passim adjacent week, but it isn't until precocious adjacent week erstwhile the anticipation of much notable thunderstorms increases.