Las Vegas Neighborhood Sees Flooding After Rainfall

By Associated Press

Published August 1, 2019 at 5:12 PM PDT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Storm waters flooded a Las Vegas neighborhood after the area saw more than 1 inch of rain Wednesday.

The Clark County Regional Flood Control District says water from the Upper Duck Creek Detention Basin drained to a natural wash and entered part of the Mountain's Edge neighborhood.

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Flooding of up to 2 feet deep was reported in some spots of the southwestern Las Vegas neighborhood.

Flood control district officials were working to steer the drainage away from the neighborhood Thursday.

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