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It rained really hard this morning. we haven't shown you pictures of it because of such dramatic pictures, but we have railroads washed out in connecticut and we have roads that buckled and roads that are washed out in rhode island and cape cod had torrential rain. this was a huge, widespread event and the numbers ems thises, usually you get one spot that gets a really heavy rain. this is just from eastern pa all of the way through new jersey and connecticut. rainfall totals like this are pretty much unheard of from one single storm. as we were mentioning it was the intensity and how fast it c...

Life-threatening flash flooding including northern virginia, maryland, pennsylvania and the eastern part of west virginia. cnn's jennifer gray is in the weather center. i'm in washington. last night the water was biblical. >> it's not only the rainfall rates, the rain falling at one to two, sometimes three inches an hour. it's also the duration as this is falling over a long period of time. you can see the rain coming down here across those areas you just mentioned. this is a very vulnerable area for flooding because of the mountainous terrain. actual enhances the rainfall and falls downslope....

The gulf on track to reach baton rouge. nbc meteorologist bill karins is back with one more update for us. bill, i understand we have more advisories related to flash flooding to worry about. >> for the first time under a flash flood emergency for the national weather service. they put that out for the new orleans area. immediately, you're like uh-oh, new orleans under flash flood emergency. the levees are fine. it's because of the heavy rainfall and the pumps are struggling in a few areas to keep up. that was expected. they said that leading up to this, if we get the anticipated foot of rain ...

Storm after it is kind of done, but there's growing evidence that hurricanes like this are increasing their heavy precipitation amounts, not just in the acumulative amount throughout the lifetime of the storm, but also in the hourly rainfall rates. recent storms, it ranged from 5%, and in some cases looking back at hurricane harvey from a few years ago, approaching 20% more rainfall. >> that seems to be at the crux with long-term issues of how we deal with climate change and severe weather. i remember from growing up in florida is trying to secure our homes from strong winds, and making sure w...

Thunderstorms brought heavy rainfall to the Washington metropolitan area where a flash flood watch was issued on Thursday, June 10.This footage shared by Baltimore resident Jess Gartner shows overturned trash bins in a flooded alleyway by her house. “After about 10 minutes of heavy rain, my house is within inches of flooding the basement,” Gartner wrote in a Twitter post.On Thursday, the National Weather Service reported hourly rainfall rates of up to two inches as flooding remained a risk for impacted regions into Friday. Credit: Jess Gartner via Storyful