Sunday, September 21, 2014

Video: How Flash Floods Can REALLY Surprise

Screen shot of flash flood video taken last week
in California.  
Last week, flash floods hit many areas of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and some of the deserts of far southeastern California.

Here's a video of a flash flood in Joshua Tree, California. It shows how such floods can really surprise people with their intensity and speed. They are called flash floods, after all.

When the video opens, water has already suddenly flooded a formerly dry wash. While the video taker and other onlookers watch, the flood really changes character suddenly.

Nobody got hurt or were endangered, but it is wild. Watch:


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