America Underwater: 20 Images From a Week of Record Rains

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America Underwater: 20 Images From a Week of Record Rains
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It's been a week of wild weather across the*United States: from crushing tornadoes to furious flooding, the calamity was relentless — and it's only Thursday.

See also: Photos of Destruction After Tornado Outbreak Barrels Through U.S. (http://mashable.com/2014/04/28/tornado-gallery/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)


If April showers do in fact bring May flowers, this year's flowers are going to be awesome in Alabama and Florida, as much as*19 inches of rain fell over 24 hours in some places on Wednesday,*according to the National Weather Service (http://www.srh.**aa.gov/mob/?n=flashflood_04292014).

The last day of April also unleashed*torrential rains that*washed out bridges and roads in parts of Pennsylvania and Maryland; sinkholes have been springing up all over the Florida panhandle; and downpours of rain snarled traffic (http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/04/30/heavy-rain-pounds-parts-of-tri-state-area/) throughout the tri-state area. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/01/rain-batters-u-s/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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