The DC area has been experiencing a spell of really bizarre weather and natural disasters. It all started 2 weeks ago with an earthquake that caused damage to several structures.
This was followed closely by Hurricane Irene which resulted in lots of downed trees and hundreds of thousands of people without power.
Now we are dealing with the remnants of Tropical storm Lee which has created the heaviest rain I can ever remember seeing. It started raining on Monday afternoon and it has not stopped since.
Downtown Upper Marlboro is flooded with cars being submerged to their roofs in water. The PG County Court House and the government offices are all flooded and closed.
Schools in several counties are already closed tomorrow.
There are reports that at least 2 people have unfortunately lost their lives in the flooding.
Major roads are closed including I-95 which is closed in parts in Virginia. I have no memory of I-95 ever being closed because of flooding.
Rain estimates are that over 8 inches of rain have fallen in the Upper Marlboro area with other parts of metro DC reporting even higher totals.
It is important to remember not to try to drive through high water. It is better to be safe than sorry.
Amazing pictures of the DC area flooding
What's most amazing is that the rain continues. I can only imagine what tomorrow will look like.
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