After a short period of heavy rainfall over Richmond, Virginia, within the span of just a few hours, the fire department of the city responded to over a dozen calls of vehicles in high water and saved 19 people on Wednesday.
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The Rescue
Between 4:27 and 5:22 p.m. EDT most of the crews were dispatched, and while 17 people were saved around that interval, another two were rescued later that evening, the Richmond Fire Department noted. Video from the fire department reveals a crew member assisting a motorist from the roof of their car into a pumped-up boat during one rescue.
Last week, almost 15 inches of rain hit some parts of Louisiana and over 18 inches occurred in portions of Texas. Just in one day, Lake Charles, Louisiana, witnessed 12 inches of rain, making it the biggest rainfall the city has had in over 40 years.