Rainfall leads to water rescue in Henderson

Sincity Press Staff 1 hour ago 1 min read 3
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Henderson Fire Department’s technical rescue team removed one person from a stalled vehicle in the area of Moonwalk Terrace and East Paradise Hills Drive

Henderson firefighters performed a h2o rescue of a motorist connected Monday day arsenic rainfall swept done the city.

The metropolis of Henderson said successful an email that the Henderson Fire Department’s technical rescue squad removed 1 idiosyncratic from a stalled conveyance successful the country of Moonwalk Terrace and East Paradise Hills Drive, adjacent Interstate 11. The conveyance was successful 2 feet of lasting water. No injuries were reported.

Julie Phillipson of the National Weather Service’s Las Vegas bureau said immoderate thunderstorms moved done the Henderson and Boulder City areas Monday with 1 that tracked implicit the Henderson Executive Airport. A flash flood ticker is successful effect for the Colorado River Valley and toward Lake Havasu.

Phillipson said the upwind work was not alert of different h2o rescues successful the area.

An online rainfall gauges representation disposable via the Regional Flood Control District website showed astir 0.51 inches of rainfall falling successful a agrarian country eastbound of Henderson. About 0.28 inches of rainfall fell successful the Boulder City area, acccording to the website.

Contact Glenn Puit astatine gpuit@reviewjournal.com.