Heavy rains and flooding have targeted much of the U.S. so far this week. From Phoenix to Long Island, flash floods have left hundreds of vehicles stranded in roadways and killed two people in Michigan.
Severe storms swept through the Detroit area on Aug. 11, dumping approximately six inches of rain in the area. Roughly 1,000 vehicles were abandoned in flooded roadways, says Fox News. A 30-year-old woman suffered seizures and died after her vehicle became trapped in high waters. The body of a 100-year-old woman was found, apparently drowned, in her flooded condominium basement on Aug. 12.
In Ross Township, Pa. a sinkhole opened in the parking lot of a tanning salon on the evening of Aug. 12. after heavy rains battered the area. The hole swallowed a vehicle with its driver still inside, who was able to get out of the car before it completely disappeared, says Channel 11 WPXI. Officials say the sinkhole was caused by the collapse of a deteriorated storm drain.
This is just some of the flooding that has happened since Sunday. Louisville, Baltimore, Phoenix, and Long Island are among the areas underwater from the storms.
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A golf fan walks though a flooded area during a weather delay during the final round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky. on Aug. 10.
The PGA Championship was delayed throughout the weekend as heavy rains battered Valhalla for three straight days. Sunday's rains were the heaviest, and with the grounds already saturated from the previous two days' rains, the tournament was delayed until the evening hours. The PGA Championship finally finished when it was nearly dark out, with Rory McIlroy winning the tournament.
(AP Photo/John Locher)
Cars are stranded along a flooded stretch of Interstate 75 in Hazel Park, Mich. on Aug. 12, a day after a storm dumped more than six inches of rain in some places in and around Detroit. Nearly 1,000 vehicles were abandoned along Michigan roadways.
Two flood-related deaths were reported: A 30-year-old woman who suffered seizures after her car was trapped in high waters, and a 100-year-woman who was found drowned in her flooded basement.
(AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
An official walks on a bridge above a flooded underpass as heavy rain falls in Baltimore on Aug. 12.
As of late afternoon on Aug. 12, Baltimore had gotten 6.27 inches of rains, the city's second-rainiest day in August since 1871, says USA Today. Some spots picked up close to 10 inches of rain, according to the National Weather Service.
(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
A sinkhole opened up in a parking lot of a Hollywood Tans in Ross Township, Pa. on Aug. 12 after heavy rains tore through the Pittsburgh area. The sinkhole swallowed a car as its driver was backing out of her parking spot. Luckily, the driver was able to climb out the car window with help from the store owner, and watched as her car sunk deeper and deeper into the hole.
(Channel 11 WPXI)
Firefighters arrive to rescue stranded motorists as heavy rains caused flash flooding, stranding cars in Laveen, Ariz. on Aug. 12.
The heavy rains that struck the Phoenix metropolitan area Tuesday night knocked out power to at least 2,400 homes and businesses in Tempe, Ariz., reports AZ Family. There were also reports of downed trees and light poles, as well as flooding in homes. Authorities say at least six people have been rescued from vehicles that were stuck in flooded streets in Phoenix.
(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
A car is submerged on a roadway in Holtsville, N.Y. in the early morning hours of Aug. 13. Over night storms caused flash floods throughout Connecticut, New York and New Jersey, with Long Island being one of the hardest hit. Parts of the island received record amounts of rain, flooding homes and roadways and causing major delays for the morning rush hour.
Parts of the Long Island Expressway, the Southern State Parkway, the Northern State Parkway, the Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway, Sunrise Highway (above), Route 110, the Sagtikos Parkway and Jericho Turnpike were shut down. Dozens of cars were stranded on the Southern State Parkway, and fire department boats were deployed to rescue stranded motorists in Nesconset, N.Y., says The Weather Channel.
Islip Macarthur Airport in Ronkonkoma was the worst hit by the storm, receiving more than 13 inches of rain by 10:30 am, says Tim Morrin of the National Weather Service. This breaks the state's previous record of most rainfall in a 24-hour period of 11.6 inches which fell on Aug. 27 and 28, 2011 on Tannersville, a village located upstate about 50 miles from Albany, says The Wall Street Journal.
(Twitter/@WeatherGoneWILD)
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