Rain Leaves Rehovot Flooded

With clouds opening up without mercy on Thursday morning, it was a continuation of the downpour which started early this week.

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People had problems accessing their vehicles because of the flooding.

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There was knee-deep water on some roads, making the movement of traffic at snail’s pace. Reckless drivers, however, apparently did not care of anyone except themselves. Domino pizza scooters were noticed violating the traffic regulations, using one-way streets for driving in the prohibited direction.

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Flood waters seeped into the parked cars in the low lying areas, where the water flow was powerful enough to open Rehovot street manholes. The rain occasionally stopped at night, however, allowing water access to recede.

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Reaching work place today morning was a difficult task because of the traffic delays. There were no major incidents of any damage reported in the rain on Wednesday or Thursday morning.

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Thursday morning break gave enough time for the flood water to settle down, leaving a question of the city infrastructure readiness for the winter season of rain.