Las Vegas Flooded Two Days in a Row — And the Desert Storm Isn’t Done

“On Friday, thunderstorms parked over the Las Vegas Valley: half an inch of rain in 30 minutes in Henderson, hail the size of ping-pong balls, streets turned into rivers and seven swift-water rescues in under an hour, one of them fatal. On Halloween night the flash flood warnings came back for Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Summerlin. Now a strong Pacific storm is moving in with more rain through Sunday, from Mesquite and the Colorado River to Phoenix and the Four Corners. Here’s what happened, what comes next, why all this rain still won’t fix Lake Mead, and how to stay safe. Chapters: 0:00 Two days of flooding in Las Vegas 1:29 Friday: hail on the Strip 2:26 Streets turn into rivers 3:18 Henderson: Lake Mead Parkway and Lake Las Vegas 4:08 A deadly rescue 4:57 What a wash is, and why it’s dangerous 6:35 Bullhead City, Laughlin and Lake Mead 7:24 Phoenix: six people rescued 8:15 Halloween night 9:09 A strange October for the desert 10:00 What comes next: Sunday’s storm 10:55 Arizona and the Four Corners 11:47 The twist: Lake Mead 12:47 How to stay safe 13:43 What’s certain and what isn’t 14:31 The bottom line Always follow guidance from your local National Weather Service office and emergency officials.”