Flooded City
 

Norfolk Va

This is what happens when 3 inches of rain falls in less than an hour in a city 8 ft above sea level and historically marshy.

Photos: WAVY (local news)

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Downtown tunnel was shut down!
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Light rail construction work had to stop for the day!

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so how often does this happen?

Very Rare, there has been extensive work on the utility systems and lots of construction so im sure that contributed. We havent seen anything this bad since the 90s and this may be worse!