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University of Nevada, Las Vegas students Ryan Klorman, top, and Markus Adams, relax on inflatable pool toys in floodwater travelocity tv commercial promo code at UNLV in Las Vegas Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. Intense thunderstorms drenched parts of the Southwest on Tuesday, delaying flights and stranding motorists in the Las Vegas area and flooding two mobile home parks in Southern California. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, John Locher)
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Intense thunderstorms swept through the Las Vegas area on Tuesday, flooding washes, delaying flights, snarling traffic and prompting helicopter rescues of stranded motorists in water-filled intersections, authorities said.
Television news video showed yellow school buses inching along roads after school in areas east of downtown Las Vegas, and muddy brown water up to the lower sills of picture windows of stucco homes in other neighborhoods.
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The National Weather Service issued severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings before and after almost an inch of rain was reported at McCarran International Airport just before 2 p.m. Meteorologist Michael Staudenmaier said more than 1.75 inches travelocity tv commercial promo code of rain were reported in downtown Las Vegas.
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