Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Phoenix: record rain in a single day knocked in a few hours

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The torrential rain this morning is reaching the city of Phoenix, Arizona, has already hit all the existing records, until now, when it comes to rainfall in this city of 1.4 million inhabitants. These values are monitored for 75 years.

Second is the report on the The Weather Channel on your site and twitter, the rainfall has reached the 75 mm, beating the record journal of the city in a few hours. This extreme phenomenon has as its starting point the tropical storm Norbert, which is creating a situation "scary" for a population very little used to this climate â€" Arizona is one of the States with less rainfall in the United States.

"The desert is already unable to receive many more millimeters of water, but when the heavy rains hit the city of Phoenix-developed and covered with cement, which does not absorb water â€" can occur a catastrophic situation," explains The Weather Channel.

"There are thunderstorms and heavy rainfall of 50 millimetres per hour, in an area that's not used. There is serious flooding and threat of landslides ", explained meteorologist Nick Waite.

Beyond Arizona, also California, Utah, Nevada and Colorado are going through similar situations. Yesterday, California emergency crews deployed to respond to various requests for assistance of vehicles on the highway.

The torrential rain arrived causing a highway of floods, pushed trees and power lines.

California is in a State of drought since April-and 94% of the State has not seen a drop of rain since May of 2013. Therefore, and despite the dangerous floods, population celebrated the rain. "It was great" â€" explained Malina Hernandez to CBS Los Angeles â€" "that's the way it should always be: rain, wind, rain. Always falling ".

Here are some pictures of Phoenix, who are already being shared on Twitter.

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