Major case of the Mondays: Drivers, commuters soaked and stranded as deluge hits AM rush hour
Motorists are stranded on a flooded section of Canal Road in Washington.
![Canal Road](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/flooding_canal_rd_dildine3.jpg)
A driver and a passenger stand on top of a flooded car on Canal Road in D.C. on July 8, 2019.
(WTOP/Dave Dildine)
![WTOP's Dave Dildine observed D.C. water rescue crews helping stranded drivers on Canal Road. Some commuters swarm to higher ground.](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/D-9PuXNW4AEcoS0.jpg)
WTOP’s Dave Dildine observed D.C. water rescue crews helping stranded drivers on Canal Road. Some commuters swarm to higher ground.
(WTOP/Dave Dildine)
![flooded cars](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/flooding_canal_rd_dildine2.jpg)
A driver stands on top of his car on Canal Road as the D.C. road floods.
(WTOP/Dave Dildine)
![DC Water crews worked to clear a flooded underpass Monday. (Courtesy DC Water)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/roads5.jpg)
DC Water crews worked to clear a flooded underpass Monday.
(Courtesy DC Water)
![cars submerged](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/flooding_canal_rd_dildine.jpg)
A number of vehicles are submerged on Canal Road near Fletcher’s Cove.
(WTOP/Dave Dildine)
![Severe flooding in a residential neighborhood in Potomac, Maryland](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IMG_20190708_082424788-941x1254.jpg)
Severe flooding in a residential neighborhood in Potomac, Maryland, on July 8, 2019.
(Courtesy Benjamin Winig)
![An image of a flooded roadway shared by Frederick police on social media.](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/D-81GzVW4AAzuC0-941x1254.jpg)
An image of a flooded roadway shared by Frederick police on social media.
![cars submerged](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/flooding_canal_rd_dildine.jpg)
A number of vehicles are submerged on Canal Road near Fletcher’s Cove.
(WTOP/Dave Dildine)
Heavy rainfall flooded the intersection of 15th Street and Constitution Ave., NW, stalling cars in the street, Monday, July 8, 2019, in Washington.
Heavy rainfall flooded the intersection of 15th Street and Constitution Ave., NW stalling cars in the street, Monday, July 8, 2019, in Washington near the Washington Monument.
A Uniformed Division Secret Service officer looks up at the rain as he takes shelter in a doorway of the Treasury Building, Monday, July 8, 2019, in Washington.
![A tractor-trailer clogs the Capital Beltway](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/my-photo.png)
A tractor-trailer clogs the Capital Beltway after heavy rains swept the area on July 8, 2019.
(Courtesy Jeff Elliot)
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First responders are on the scene at S. Capitol Street and Malcolm X Avenue Southeast in Washington, D.C. on Monday, July 8, 2019.
(Courtesy D.C. Fire and EMS)
![WTOP's Dave Dildine observed D.C. water rescue crews helping stranded drivers on Canal Road. Some commuters swarm to higher ground.](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/D-9PuXNW4AEcoS0.jpg)
WTOP’s Dave Dildine observed D.C. water rescue crews helping stranded drivers on Canal Road. Some commuters swarm to higher ground.
(WTOP/Dave Dildine)
![a sinkhole blocked Belfast Road near Macarthur Boulevard.](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/mcfrs-roads2.jpg)
In Potomac, Maryland, a sinkhole blocked Belfast Road near Macarthur Boulevard.
(Courtesy Montgomery County Fire and EMS Department)
![washed out road in potomac maryland](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/sinkhole2.jpg)
WTOP’s Steve Dresner snapped this photo on Bradley Boulevard, near Mercy Hollow Court, in Potomac, Maryland.
(WTOP/Steve Dresner)
![In Potomac, Maryland, a sinkhole blocked Belfast Road near Macarthur Boulevard. (Courtesy Montgomery County Fire and EMS Department)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/mcfrs-roads1.jpg)
In Potomac, Maryland, a sinkhole blocked Belfast Road near Macarthur Boulevard.
(Courtesy Montgomery County Fire and EMS Department)
![Reston Flash Flood](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Reston-Flash-Flood-941x1254.jpg)
One listener sent this photo of multiple vehicles stuck in Reston, Virginia.
(WTOP listener)