<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1XJxni_0gxDnxt700" style="display:none" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1XJxni_0gxDnxt700" width="5120" height="3840" ><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3JU4Nj_0gxDnxt700" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3JU4Nj_0gxDnxt700" width="5705" height="3840" ><figcaption>The Bellagio Hotel Water Fountain Lake on the Las Vegas Strip is viewed from a tower at Caesars Palace Hotel &amp; Casino during an unusual thunderstorm in Las Vegas, Nevada, on July 15, 2022. George Rose/Getty Images </figcaption></figure><ul class="summary-list"><li> A rare thunderstorm hit Las Vegas on Thursday night, triggering flash flood warnings. </li><li> Cars were seen powering through flooding near The Strat Hotel in downtown Vegas. </li><li> Las Vegas is one of the US's driest cities and typically only gets 4 inches of rain a year. </li></ul> A rare thunderstorm hit downtown Las Vegas on Thursday night, triggering flash flood warnings. <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> Shocking videos circulated on social media, showing water pouring through the roofs of a casino and cars struggling through floodwaters near a downtown landmark. A video posted to Twitter showed what appeared to be cars traversing flooded roads near the Strat Hotel in downtown Las Vegas with difficulty: <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> Breaking: Flash flooding is occurring in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. <a href="https://t.co/k8aTmgaoGh" rel="nofollow"> pic.twitter.com/k8aTmgaoGh </a> — PM Breaking News (@PMBreakingNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/PMBreakingNews/status/1552887554411831297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow"> July 29, 2022 </a></blockquote> David Charns, a reporter at Las Vegas news outlet 8News Now, posted a clip on Twitter that showed streams of water flowing through a screen at the Circa Resort and Casino: <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> Rain pours through a screen inside Circa in Las Vegas. (h/t <a href="https://twitter.com/LasVegasLocally?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow"> @LasVegasLocally </a> ) <a href="https://t.co/Ru21kOwck9" rel="nofollow"> pic.twitter.com/Ru21kOwck9 </a> — David Charns (@davidcharns) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidcharns/status/1552884476006387712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow"> July 29, 2022 </a></blockquote> Another Vegas-based Twitter page uploaded a video of what appeared to be a blacked-out light show canopy, that may have gone out because of the storm: <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> Lightning just blew out the Fremont Street Experience light show canopy and exterior lights at several downtown casinos. <a href="https://t.co/mVO9K5caVM" rel="nofollow"> pic.twitter.com/mVO9K5caVM </a> — Vital Vegas (@VitalVegas) <a href="https://twitter.com/VitalVegas/status/1552875772087414784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow"> July 29, 2022 </a></blockquote><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> The storm also prompted the City of Las Vegas to issue a flash flood warning. As many as 7,300 people had their power knocked out because of the storm, the <a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/weather/more-than-an-inch-of-rain-floods-several-las-vegas-valley-locations-2614211/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. </a><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> A Flash Flood Warning and Sevwre Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for the Las Vegas Valley ⚠️ <a href="https://twitter.com/NWSVegas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow"> @NWSVegas </a> advises to watch out for: - heaving downpours 🌧 - lightning ⚡️ - strong wind gusts 💨 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/VegasWeather?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow"> #VegasWeather </a><a href="https://t.co/1E8JuJlfXV" rel="nofollow"> pic.twitter.com/1E8JuJlfXV </a> — City of Las Vegas (@CityOfLasVegas) <a href="https://twitter.com/CityOfLasVegas/status/1552876433508208640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow"> July 29, 2022 </a></blockquote> The Clark County regional flood control district's account also posted a warning on Thursday night. "Water depths in Las Vegas Wash and Flamingo Wash near Nellis continue to rise," it <a href="https://twitter.com/regionalflood/status/1552887553744785408?s=21&amp;t=SE6of68jC7gxHfVp28wwFw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> wrote on Twitter </a> . "Stay away from flood channels and let them do their jobs tonight. #befloodsafe #wateralwayswins." <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> A man in Vegas on vacation said he filmed this video of water streaming through the Linq Hotel's parking garage: <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> ⁦ <a href="https://twitter.com/News3LV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow"> @News3LV </a> ⁩ this is the Linq parking garage on the Strip. <a href="https://t.co/lWfKULEAom" rel="nofollow"> pic.twitter.com/lWfKULEAom </a> — Coach Ken Camp (@CoachKenCamp) <a href="https://twitter.com/CoachKenCamp/status/1552890296425361410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow"> July 29, 2022 </a></blockquote> Thursday was the second straight night of storms in Sin City, and the <a href="https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/ero.php?opt=curr&amp;day=2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> forecast </a> is showing <a href="https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/index.php#page=qpf" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> even more rain </a> is likely on Friday, too. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> Another night of impressive storms moving through the valley! Keep the footage coming! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/VegasWeather?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow"> #VegasWeather </a><a href="https://t.co/2IsIHlUnRO" rel="nofollow"> https://t.co/2IsIHlUnRO </a> — NWS Las Vegas (@NWSVegas) <a href="https://twitter.com/NWSVegas/status/1552871099003576320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow"> July 29, 2022 </a></blockquote><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> Las Vegas is <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.currentresults.com/Weather-Extremes/US/driest-city.php" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> known to be one of the driest major cities in the US </a> and <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Las-Vegas-Nevada/Climate" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> has an arid climate all year round </a> . The city typically gets <a href="https://www.weather.gov/vef/1991-2020Normals" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> 4 inches of rain per year </a> , but the <a href="https://twitter.com/NWSVegas/status/1552898386864484352" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> National Weather Service Las Vegas said </a> some areas of the city saw over 1 inch of rain on Thursday. Read the original article on <a href="https://www.insider.com/rare-thunderstorm-las-vegas-photos-videos-flooding-casinos-2022-7" rel="nofollow"> Insider </a></div></body>

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Videos circulating on Twitter showed flash floods on the streets of Vegas — one of the US's driest major cities.