Casinos and hotels are semi-underwater as floods in Las Vegas forces gamblers to seek shelter from a rare thunderstorm.
The footage came on Thursday night as flash floods hit downtown Vegas, following warnings from authorities that the storm was imminent.
The iconic Caesar’s Palace was flooded, online video appeared to show.
Water can be seen pouring through the roofs of a casino and soaking the carpet, while people are filmed being drenched from the torrential rain.
Water can be seen pouring through the roofs of a casino and soaking the carpet, while people are filmed soaked from the torrential rains
In another video, cars wade through floodwaters near the Strat Hotel in downtown Las Vegas, while a woman is startled.
“Electric surges set off fire alarms on several buildings, forcing firefighters into the storm to respond,” said Las Vegas resident Alexander Wolf. The New York Post.
Some vehicles were almost completely submerged in the flooding, the images showed.
There was also flooding in Planet Hollywood on the Las Vegas Strip, with water coming through the room of the building.
Cars wade through flooding near the Strat Hotel in downtown Las Vegas in another video as a woman gasps in shock
Footage shows a torrent of water pouring through the roof after the storm dislodged one of the panels, according to gamblers who reportedly filmed the inclement weather.
Another panel gives in, prompting screams from the crowd below.
Authorities issued a flash flood and severe thunderstorm warning for the Las Vegas Valley early Friday morning.
Hotel residents filmed their yard filling with water as rain beat on doors and windows throughout the night.
Nevada monsoon season occurs between July and September, although flash flooding in Vegas itself is rare.
No injuries have been reported yet.
Hotel residents filmed their yard filling with water as rain beat on doors and windows throughout the night. Nevada monsoon season occurs between July and September, although flash flooding in Vegas itself is rare
The videos emerged after at least 15 people died in catastrophic flooding in Kentucky on Friday.
The death toll is expected to double after catastrophic rainstorms wiped out entire cities.
The rain flooded houses, cars and buildings as emergency services tried desperately to save the inmates.
Raging thunderstorms have ravaged the area, causing mudslides and years of damage in what has been the most devastating flood in Kentucky history.
It is feared that the water-locked, saturated ground will continue to swell, while rivers and creeks are expected to burst their banks with additional downpours this morning.
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Aerial view of underwater homes of the North Fork of the Kentucky River in Jackson, Kentucky, July 28
Aerial view of underwater homes of the North Fork of the Kentucky River in Jackson
It will take the hundreds of people whose homes have been submerged in years of severe flooding to rebuild and recover from this catastrophic disaster, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said Friday.
Devastating footage shows the catastrophic devastation caused by the floods, with vehicles drifting through streets that now resemble rivers and lakes.
Homes and businesses are submerged almost to their roofs in the relentless deadly deluge – as 18 hours of rain is expected Friday before the deluge subsides over the weekend.
Residents have been forced to climb trees and scramble to roofs for safety as many locations in eastern Kentucky have seen more than four inches of rain falling in the past 24 hours.
A series of storms that have drenched the eastern portion of the state have dropped water that is yet to come, causing damage that could take years to repair, Beshear said.
Members of the Morehead Fire Department conduct search and rescue operations in Jackson, Kentucky, on July 28, 2022
Facebook user Terry Adams posts a photo of his daughter Chloe atop a house that was completely submerged in Kentucky
Tonya Smith, whose trailer was washed away by flooding, reaches for food from her mother Ollie Jean Johnson to give to Smith’s father, Paul Johnson, while the trio used a rope to hang themselves from a swollen Grapevine Creek in Perry County.
The governor declared a state of emergency in six provinces on Thursday morning.
Rainwater was as high as the leaves of nearby trees and power poles poked up from greenish-brown water, images of the destruction revealed.
Yesterday, the state activated the National Guard and state police to use helicopters and boats to rescue people stranded in the floods.
Dramatic drone footage over Hindman, one of the hardest-hit towns in eastern Kentucky, shows several homes and buildings almost completely submerged in the flooding, with only a few of their roofs visible.
Breathitt County Emergency Management Director Chris Friley, who oversees damage in one of the worst-hit areas, said on Thursday the damage from the past day was beyond previous flooding in years.
The news comes after six children and 14 adults were rescued from a St. Louis daycare center after it was flooded with three feet of water — and electrical outlets started sparking after the water hit them.