a woman in boston had to be rescued in her car after being stuck in the flood waters. look at this car in worcester, massachusetts. the driver gets to dry land. opens the car door and gallons pouring out of the car. the weather is snarling traffic as you can imagine across the region. >> it's bad. gridlock everywhere. flooded everywhere. i've been on the road for two hours. >> in maine, the national weather service says more than 5.5 inches fell on portland. one of the ten all time wettest days in the city's history. the rains knocked down power lines. >> and west of baltimore, knee deep flash flood water rushing through the streets. a local ymca flooded out with three feet of water and stuff everywhere. check out the car in this photo. it's totalled. listen to the owner. >> i really did not know that