Heavy rain caused flooding in Orem, Utah, with one meteorologist equating a nearby interstate to a 'river.'
A desert city in Utah was flooded after excessive rain fell in a very short period on Tuesday.Orem, Utah, a city of nearly 100,000 in the high desert, saw .75 inches of rain on Tuesday, near its monthly average of .95 inches, in only 20 minutes. In addition to the rain, which caused severe flooding along interstates, roads and in basements, golf-ball-sized hail pounded the area.Pictures and videos of the severe weather were shared on social media following the storm.
'WILD WEATHER: Utah experienced a few days of flooding rains,' Fox Weather posted on X. 'Interstate 15 near Orem, Utah, was flooded, then covered in hailstones requiring snowplows to come out in August.'Rain was so severe that it turned a local skate park into a temporary pool. National Weather Service meteorologist Alex DeSmet told Newsweek that, by itself, .
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