A wave of monsoonal storms has caused major flooding across the Las Vegas Valley, including casinos and sportsbooks along the Vegas strip.
The first rainfall began Wednesday and caused outages. Then, more rain dumped on the valley Thursday. Some areas received more than an inch in just a two-hour period, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The Las Vegas Strip reported wind gusts of 71 miles per hour. The flooding was so bad downtown that it crashed through a television in Circa Sportsbook.
Flooding also impacted other casinos like Caesars, according to unconfirmed videos on social media, and a parking garage along the strip.
Circa Sportsbook flooded. #Lasvegas #Flood #monsoon #casinoshttps://t.co/sxLcDRNHX3 pic.twitter.com/ovriouUXRl
— Fox3 Now (@fox3news) July 29, 2022
Video I received from an employee working near the sports book at Circa. Clean up after flooding that just occurred. You definitely don’t see this everyday. @8NewsNow #8NN
Courtesy: Dan Miller pic.twitter.com/CxmjHH78Rn
— Victoria Saha (@VictoriaSaha) July 29, 2022
SIN CITY CHAOS: Heavy rain has caused flooding at iconic casinos like Circa, Caesars Palace and the LINQ Hotel. https://t.co/UXG1PKtC09 pic.twitter.com/RSKUvUqphh
— Fox News (@FoxNews) July 29, 2022
Not sure if it’s raining more inside or outside of @CaesarsPalace @VitalVegas @LasVegasLocally pic.twitter.com/4cArRye5mM
— Sean Sable (@SeanSable) July 29, 2022
Meteorologist Barry Pierce told the Review-Journal that storms could repeat Friday.
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