Las Vegas flooding

2022 - 8 - 12

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Videos show Las Vegas casinos flooding for second time in two weeks (The Washington Post)

Rain fell through the ceiling onto the heads of restaurant diners at Caesars Palace, while water pounded card tables at Planet Hollywood.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found some evidence that rainfall from the Southwest monsoon has increased since the 1970s. Shortly after 9 p.m., the Weather Service issued a flood advisory for all of Clark County, where Las Vegas is located, cautioning that high water could affect low-lying and poor-drainage areas. Last week, 1,000 people were stranded in California’s Death Valley National Park because of a 1-in-1,000-year downpour. This year’s Southwest monsoon has been particularly intense, helping to relieve drought conditions in the region but also causing many significant flood events. The area is under a flood watch from 11 a.m. Friday to midnight Saturday because of the potential for slow-moving thunderstorms that could produce heavy rain and flash flooding, according to the Weather Service. At least a 20 percent chance of afternoon and evening storms is in the forecast through Monday. At one point, more than 17,500 customers were without power, Las Vegas television station KLAS-TV reported.

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Heaviest rainfall in 10 years floods the Las Vegas strip for second ... (USA TODAY)

Casino-goers contended with flooding on the Las Vegas strip for the second time in weeks. Videos showed streets turned to lagoons.

Las Vegas city officials advised residents not to drive through flooded areas, to find another route or wait until waters subside. The gambling town is experiencing its most intense monsoon season in a decade. The footage posted to Twitter showed water soaking several card tables with cards and chips floating.

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Rain floods Las Vegas streets, pours into some casinos in the ... (CNN)

Heavy rain poured into Las Vegas casinos and flooded streets Thursday night as the wettest monsoon season in a decade helps alleviate the West's severe ...

In Las Vegas, Thursday's rainfall of 0.58 inches brought the total for this year's monsoon season to 1.28 inches, the wettest since 2012, which had 3.63 inches. Conditions worsened in California's Central Valley but improved some in the eastern deserts after the notable rains brought flooding last week to Death Valley. "Little change over the weekend with rich monsoonal moisture remaining entrenched across the Mojave Desert.

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Las Vegas police find second body in flood wash near Strip (FOX5 Las Vegas)

Authorities said the body of a male victim was located while they were removing excessive debris from the flood channel. The individual was removed from the ...

“So, I’m not very familiar with the tunnel system and what’s upstream of here, but more than likely there’s people that live in the tunnels upstream from here that get surprised by the swift moving water as it dumps on our city, like it did last night.” Authorities said the body of a male victim was located while they were removing excessive debris from the flood channel. CCFD responded, along with LVMPD officers and a private ambulance.

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Las Vegas flood: 2 dead amid 'restless' downpour as hotels, casinos ... (New York Post)

The torrential downpour that caused some of Las Vegas's most iconic hotels and casinos to be consumed with floodwater turned deadly after two lifeless ...

It said the storms could occur through next week. The National Weather Service called this the most “restless” summer monsoon season in the city has faced in a decade. The Department Of Public Safety Las Vegas said emergency services had several responses as a result of the “heavy monsoon rainfall.”

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2 dead, casino damaged by flooding in Las Vegas: "Wettest ... (CBS News)

Social media posts showed water leaking from the ceiling onto gambling tables at the Planet Hollywood resort.

The Clark County coroner did not immediately report the identities or causes of death in either case. Meteorologist Brian Planz said about 1.25 inches of rain fell overnight in some areas west of the Las Vegas Strip and near the city of Kingman in northwest Arizona. "That makes this the wettest monsoon season in ten years," the weather service said over a Tweet chart labeled "Restless 2022 Monsoon." It tallied 3.63 inches of summer rain in the region in 2012, but only a trace in 2020. Social media video showed water above hubcaps of cars in some Las Vegas intersections and washing into the doorway stairs of a bus plowing through flooding. Friday dawned to clear skies, but the National Weather Service reported thunderstorms by afternoon north and east of the Las Vegas Valley. It said heavy downpours, frequent lightning and gusty winds would be possible with any storms. The most "restless" summer monsoon season in a decade became deadly this week, as intense lightning and thunderstorms flooded parts of southern Nevada and a leaky ceiling forced table games to stop at one Las Vegas Strip casino.

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2 dead amid 'restless' monsoon-season flooding in Las Vegas (ABC News)

The National Weather Service is calling this the most “restless” summer monsoon season in the Las Vegas area in a decade.

The Clark County coroner did not immediately report the identities or causes of death in either case. The Las Vegas area usually receives about 4.2 inches (10.7 centimeters) of rain per year. Meteorologist Brian Planz said about 1.25 inches (3.2 centimeters) of rain fell overnight in some areas west of the Las Vegas Strip and near the city of Kingman in northwest Arizona. “That makes this the wettest monsoon season in ten years,” the weather service said over a Tweet chart labeled “Restless 2022 Monsoon.” It tallied 3.63 inches (9.2 centimeters) of summer rain in the region in 2012, but only a trace in 2020. Planz said 0.58 inch (1.47 centimeters) of rain was recorded at the official measuring spot at Harry Reid International Airport, bringing the total to 1.28 inches (3.25 centimeters) during the June 15 to Sept. 30 monsoon season. LAS VEGAS -- The most “restless” summer monsoon season in a decade became deadly Thursday, as intense lightning and thunderstorms flooded parts of southern Nevada and a leaky ceiling forced table games to stop at one Las Vegas Strip casino.

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Las Vegas flooding: 2 dead after heavy rain poured into casinos and ... (CNN)

Two people are dead after heavy rain poured into Las Vegas casinos and flooded streets Thursday night in the wettest monsoon season in a decade, ...

The all-time wettest monsoon season was in 1984, with 4.16 inches. Extreme drought and extreme flooding will become more frequent and more intense as the planet warms, scientists have warned. He was taken in an ambulance to the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada where he later died, according to Clark County Deputy Fire Chief Billy Samuels.

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