08/23/2022
Parts of Dallas Fort Worth got an entire summer's worth of rain between Sunday afternoon and Monday afternoon, according to the NWS. That rate is only expected once in 100 years, on average. Dallas also got over 3 inches of rain in just one hour overnight -- a roughly a 1-in-50-year rainfall rate, according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration estimates.
Dozens of high-water rescues were underway Monday -- amid more than 450 such pleas since the prior night -- as greater Dallas faces the threat of more flooding caused by sudden, climate crisis-fueled storms that have stunned parts of Texas afflicted by "flash drought."
