More rain fell in Washington on Friday than the city often sees in a full month. It closed roads, swamped sewers and postponed sporting events, while forecasters warned that more was still to come. By day’s end, Washington had recorded 2.83 inches, the most rain in a single day in at least two years. Trees toppled, thunder pealed and the day’s deluge forced the shift of both the Washington Nationals baseball game and the Washington Mystics basketball game to Sunday. (Ray K. Saunders/The Washington Post)Overburdened, the District’s combined sewers sent part of their overflow into the Potomac River near the foot of Virginia Avenue NW.

Source: Washington Post July 29, 2017 03:26 UTC