A slow-moving rainstorm washed out roads, stranded drivers and soaked basements, including the White House's, during a chaotic morning commute in Washington.
Motorists are stranded on a flooded section of Canal Road in Washington during a heavy rainstorm, Monday, July 8, 2019.
Water gushed into the press workspace in the basement near the White House’s West Wing. Government employees worked to drain puddles of standing water with wet vacs. Pete Piringer, a spokesman for the fire department in Montgomery County, Maryland, said emergency workers used boats for dozens of rescues, plucking people from flooded cars.Piringer said he didn’t immediately receive any reports of storm-related injuries.
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