A foot of rain may fall in Washington, D.C., by Friday
2016 is turning out to be the year of the flood, at least in the U.S. Most recently, there were the Louisiana floods, which caused more than $1 billion in damage and displaced tens of thousands of people. Before that, there was the violent flash flood in Ellicott City, Maryland, and the deadly flood in West Virginia in June.
**w weather forecasters are warning of a potentially dangerous scenario already beginning to unfold across the Mid-Atlantic states. Both Washington, D.C., and Baltimore are in the crosshairs for this system, with as much as 5 to 8 inches or more of rain likely to fall through Friday.* Read more...