What are the dangers that come with flash flooding?

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As areas of western Massachusetts continue to clean up from Friday's storms, it is an important reminder of how powerful water can be and the dangers that come with flash flooding.
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Well, of course, the big story is just the amount of rain
that we saw fall on Western Massachusetts on Friday,
especially across Friendly County, where we are still
dealing with some flooding, especially on roadways,
high running creeks, streams, and rivers.
I mean, it's easy to say that when
you get so much rain in such a short amount of time.
I mean, look at some of these rainfall totals
from Friday evening.
Conway, over 8 inches.
Deerfield, 6 inches.
Greenfield, closing on almost 4 inches of rain.
And we don't stop there with the totals.
Look at these.
Of course, Sunderland, 4 inches.
Orange, around 3 inches.
New Salem, 3 inches.
Northampton, 2 and 1 half inches.
Luckily, most of Hamden County, around Springfield,
Chicopee, Longmeadow, missed out on the heaviest rain.
But still not too bad.
A half inch of rain on top of all the rain
we've been seeing the month of July,
and in fact, this entire summer.
Again, it's not going to take much rain
to get flooding in most areas.
I mean, look at some of these pictures
we've had from Deerfield and most of Friendly County.
A road collapse in Deerfield by the power of the water
rushing so quickly on some of these creeks and streams.
Here's another image coming out of Greenfield.
You can see the water halfway up on some of these cars.
Again, it doesn't take much to cause damage to your cars
or even start floating some of your cars and vehicles.
Greenfield flooding going on in residential neighborhoods
here in this image.
And one of the most impressive images that we've gotten
is from Gill.
And you can see, and this is very common
when you get so much rain in such a short amount of time,
mudslides, landslides, just come all this land
washed out by the water.
Trees, structures, power lines, you name it.
Water can damage just about everything.
Water is one of the most powerful things
when it comes to nature and just across the world in general.
So of course, what is a flash flood?
I mean, we've been dealing with this issue
for a while now this summer,
and the potential flash flooding has been a concern
as we've been going through the month of July.
So of course, we've been seeing so much rain
in such a short amount of time,
it doesn't take a lot to create a lot of damage.
Again, it's extremely dangerous.
You never wanna drive through roadways
that have water on them.
Even if it looks like just a few inches,
it doesn't take a lot, again, to create a lot of problems.
So if you do ever encounter a flash flood,
never attempt to drive through a flooded roadway again,
even if it doesn't look like a lot of water.
All it takes is one foot of water
to, again, get your car moving or even floating.
You losing complete control of your vehicle.
Two feet of rushing water can carry just about any vehicle,
including SUVs.
And of course, if you do see any barricades
like this one here saying, turn around, don't drown,
any police tape, or just even a cone, just turn around.
Don't put you or others in harm's way.
And again, just remember to stay safe.
And not just so you could risk your life,
but don't risk your car.
Don't risk paying hundreds
or even thousands of dollars in car damage.
Working for you,
I'm 22 Storm Team Meteorologist, Chris Buzakis.
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