WAMU 88.5 : News

Filed Under:

More Flash Flooding In Bloomingdale During Sunday's Storms

By: Rebecca Cooper // September 3, 2012
comments
A rescue crew pulls a man to safety after his car became stuck in floodwaters in Northwest D.C. Sunday, Sept. 2. 
Courtesy of NBC Washington
A rescue crew pulls a man to safety after his car became stuck in floodwaters in Northwest D.C. Sunday, Sept. 2. 

Heavy rains caused flooding in flood-prone areas of the city last night; one of them, Bloomingdale in Northwest Washington, flooded for the fourth time since July. 

Rhode Island Avenue NW was shut down for a short time overnight until the water subsided; three Metro stations also flooded and Green line service was suspended near the Shaw-Howard University Metro station. 

Between 3 and 5 inches of rain fell at the Children's National Medical Center in Northwest by 9 p.m., the Washington Post reports. 

Mount Pleasant and Adams Morgan residents and businesses also reported flooding. In Bloomingdale, one man had to be rescued from his car when it became stuck in rising water. One Bloomingdale resident told NBC Washington that it took about an hour for flood waters to recede down the storm drains. 

D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray vowed to address frequent flooding in Bloomingdale and surrounding neighborhoods earlier this month; he appointed a task force to examine the problem and recommend solutions. 

The $2.6 billion Clean Rivers project is expected to address the problem in the long term, but it's not scheduled to be complete until 2025. The task force will look at short term solutions; their report is due by the end of the year. 

View more videos at: http://nbcwashington.com.

Arts & Culture

NPR

China Builds Museums ... But Will The Visitors Come?

China is on a spree to build world-class museums and has opened about 100 of them annually in recent years. Two of the biggest opened on the same day last fall on opposite banks of Shanghai's Huangpu River. But filling these museums — with both art and visitors — is proving more challenging.

Food

NPR

African Cities Test The Limits Of Living With Livestock

Hipsters may just be discovering the joys of backyard chickens, but in African megacities, people have been bringing their animals into the slums with them for decades. That's creating a new ecosystem of animals and huge numbers of people living closely together like never before.

Politics

NPR

Oklahoma's GOP Senators Find Themselves In Tornado Aid Bind

Sens. Tom Coburn and James Inhofe have become the faces of pushback on federal emergency spending. Now the deadly and devastating tornado in their home state has put them in an awkward position.

Technology

NPR

Microsoft Reveals New Xbox One Game System

Microsoft unveiled its new Xbox One Tuesday, displaying a device that takes new steps in game consoles' journey into becoming all-purpose entertainment and communication devices. The new console replaces the Xbox 360, which has been on the market for more than seven years.

Leave a Comment

Help keep the conversation civil. Please refer to our Terms of Use and Code of Conduct before posting your comments.