Video: Pennsylvania Man Watches His Car Float Away in Flash Floods
Damian Hernandez said his car turned into Michael Phelps in a video posted on Facebook
As intense rainstorms hit parts of the Northeast this week, a Pennsylvania man posted a video on social media showing himself helplessly watching his car being swept away in floodwaters.
Damian Hernandez posted a video to Facebook showing his blue car being swept away in Reading.
He joked that his car “turned into Michael Phelp(s).”
The car hit a bulldozer as it was pushed down the street.
Hernandez said his car was a total loss.
Severe storms dropped several inches of rain in southeastern Pennsylvania on Sunday, prompting flood warnings, according to the National Weather Service.
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Reading was under a Flash Flood Warning until 7:15 p.m. Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.
The Red Cross said 40 people, five pets and 24 apartment units were affected by the flooding. A shelter was set up at a Reading school.
The same storm caused extensive flooding in New York on Sunday and flooding in Vermont on Monday.
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