19 Motorists Rescued After Getting Trapped in Rapid Flashfloods in Richmond

After a short period of heavy rainfall over Richmond, Virginia, within the span of just a few hours, the fire department of the city responded to over a dozen calls of vehicles in high water and saved 19 people on Wednesday.
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The Rescue
Between 4:27 and 5:22 p.m. EDT most of the crews were dispatched, and while 17 people were saved around that interval, another two were rescued later that evening, the Richmond Fire Department noted. Video from the fire department reveals a crew member assisting a motorist from the roof of their car into a pumped-up boat during one rescue.

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