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The Las Vegas Strip turned into a river over the weekend as Tropical Storm Rachel dumped 1.08 inches of rain on the city in a single day, tying an October record that had stood since 1947. Footage captured Sunday by Paul Contino shows the apocalyptic scene, with floodwaters rising above his knees.

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Hardly apocalyptic. Flash floods are standard during rain in the desert. The ground is hard, not much rain can seep in, the rest becomes a flash flood.

I mean to a degree this can be normal. Flooding happens when the ground (dirt, gravel, sand, etc) can’t absorb water fast enough due to mainly how dry it is from lack of water over time. So the water that isn’t being absorbed fast is pretty much sliding off of it and pushed away, leading to this.

In time this will go away either A. Something opens up for it to move elsewhere. B. Eventually the dry ground will absorb most of the water to mitigate this. C. High heat returns to evaporate it, but that can lead to more rain with to much moisture build up in clouds if don’t dissipate fast.

I stayed there this weekend! This was my view from the parking garage before leaving yesterday. They had another exit to a side street, so we could still get out no problem