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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. (Photo : Getty Images) 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. ....
On Tuesday, the official Xinhua news agency reported China is getting ready for a heavy flood season with 71 rivers already rising beyond warning levels, as meteorological authorities gave a warning that global warming is stoking up more extreme weather. ....
May 18, 2021 10:30 AM EDT Storms are responsible for the dumping of as much as 18 inches of rain across parts of Texas and Louisiana and have made driving a night terror Monday into early Tuesday and has shut down some schools. (Photo : Getty Images) Declaration of Flash Flood Emergency A flash flood emergency was declared for the southeast Baton Rouge, Louisiana, region overnight, where radar made an estimation that up to a foot of rain had fallen. The National Weather Service said reports on numerous water rescues have been made in the area. On Tuesday morning along Interstate 10 to the southeast of Baton Rouge, a traffic camera displayed floodwaters totally covering a portion of the highway. Water was also entering businesses and homes in the Baton Rouge region. ....