Area including here in laurel. The city of laurel, crews knee deep in flood water trying to clear trains in a Commuter Parking lot notorious for flooding while unsuspecting car owners are at work in downtown washington. These photos tweeted show how bad it got, a half dozen cars towed in an attempt to save them. Elsewhere, a rescue on beach drive in kensington near connecticut avenue after rock creek jumped its banks. Rescuers were here quickly hoping they could get to the disabled sedan with three people inside before the water at this notorious spot for flash flooding got higher. One lost her shoes in a scramble to get out of the car. She played back the incident on the way to a waiting ambulance. It was very scary sitting in the car watching the water getting higher, grass disappearing and the water coming. I was thinking about getting out and sitting on top of the car. I am so glad they came. You guys were here in under a minute. Reporter after rescue the water came up higher and t
tornado victims are being laid to rest today as pounding rain hit the area, stalling the recovery process. edward lawrence reports for wjz from the heart of the destruction in moore, oklahoma. heavy rain and flooding added to the misery in moore, oklahoma today as the first of 24 tornado victims was laid to rest. family and friends gather for the funeral of 9-year-old antonio cateralla. she was one of 7 children killed. more than 6 inches of rain flooded streets today. our roof fell in last night because of the rain. the tornados spared diane meyers house, wiping out the rest of her block. she thought she was lucky until this morning. it s extremely hard. extremely hard. we ve live d here 20 years. i ve raised my kids here. after the rain stopped volunteers helped residents search through piles of rubble for their belongings. where do you start on this? on the top and just work your way down. anything we can do to help. the governor of oklahoma announced a mem