Major case of the Mondays: Drivers, commuters soaked and stranded as deluge hits AM rush hour
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Motorists are stranded on a flooded section of Canal Road in Washington.
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A driver and a passenger stand on top of a flooded car on Canal Road in D.C. on July 8, 2019.
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WTOP’s Dave Dildine observed D.C. water rescue crews helping stranded drivers on Canal Road. Some commuters swarm to higher ground.
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A driver stands on top of his car on Canal Road as the D.C. road floods.
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DC Water crews worked to clear a flooded underpass Monday.
(Courtesy DC Water)
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A number of vehicles are submerged on Canal Road near Fletcher’s Cove.
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Severe flooding in a residential neighborhood in Potomac, Maryland, on July 8, 2019.
(Courtesy Benjamin Winig)
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An image of a flooded roadway shared by Frederick police on social media.
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A number of vehicles are submerged on Canal Road near Fletcher’s Cove.
(WTOP/Dave Dildine)
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Heavy rainfall flooded the intersection of 15th Street and Constitution Ave., NW, stalling cars in the street, Monday, July 8, 2019, in Washington.
(AP/Alex Brandon)
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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.
(AP/Alex Brandon)
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. (AP/Alex Brandon)
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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.
(AP/Alex Brandon)
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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)
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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)
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In Potomac, Maryland, a sinkhole blocked Belfast Road near Macarthur Boulevard.
(Courtesy Montgomery County Fire and EMS Department)
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WTOP’s Steve Dresner snapped this photo on Bradley Boulevard, near Mercy Hollow Court, in Potomac, Maryland.
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In Potomac, Maryland, a sinkhole blocked Belfast Road near Macarthur Boulevard.
(Courtesy Montgomery County Fire and EMS Department)
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One listener sent this photo of multiple vehicles stuck in Reston, Virginia.
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