The amount and intensity of water that fell across the Las Vegas Valley over the weekend could rank up there with some of the biggest floods in the area’s history.
Flooding sweeps through the Las Vegas valley with cars attempting to drive through floods at Las Vegas Boulevard.
If you missed the month’s first spectacle you will have to wait for the next blue supermoon until 2037.
On March 12, record rainfall hit Vegas, and the water rose in the washes. Wendy Cox, who was living in the tunnels of the wash near Flamingo with Pilgrim, escaped the flood, but her partner William “Sky” Pilgrim is still missing. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Almost half an inch of rain fell over the Las Vegas Valley overnight, according to the National Weather Service. The valley’s record-breaking 116-day dry streak ended Monday, with 0.14 inches of rain before midnight. The valley saw another 0.35 inches of rain between midnight and 6 a.m. Tuesday, the weather service said.
After storms washed away sections of Interstate 15 from the U.S. 93 exit to Mesquite, the highway remained closed Tuesday as emergency repairs were being done as quickly as possible.
Representative Steven Horsford toured the Rainbow Subdivision on Mount Charleston on Monday. He wanted to learn about a proposed drainage project and to talk to residents affected by last week’s flood.
After touring the Rainbow subdivision, Gov. Brian Sandoval said he was open to the state assuming liability for a proposed flood diversion project that the county rejected, adding that he needs to visit with federal and Clark County officials about the issue.