Oklahoma City has worst flooding in living memory

Torrential rain turned streets into rivers, while one local river went from 5 to 17 feet in just a few hours, overflowing its banks.

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[LevelUpNowX]

Ocean temps all time high it's only going to get worse

[judylynngeier]

Prayers for OKC and surrounding areas. Being a Texan these are our sisters and brothers. Terrible situation. ☦️🙏🏻

[ohdwight]

there is a reason all this flooding is occurring all at once

[zmqjczb]

Insurance premiums on houses going up now even more than planned. Oklahoma is never "water weary".

[bigpicturethinking]

Seems like the country has drainage problems.

[dannielsen]

Living memory? So people have non living memory??? Leave it to mainstreet media!😂😂😂

[simplicity]

Thanks for the rain we had. We dont need to spray our yard but, tomorrow we go back to triple digits again.

[Darlene-oxcz]

Wow And I live about 2 1/2 hrs west of OKC. We haven't seen a drop of rain.

[tgkqmkm]

Id be playing in it if I were a kid I played in tropical storms on the east coast lol

[Overthewingflight]

Oklahoma City and it’s flooding anyways what’s going on in the tropics 😂

[ryannichols]

NOT TRUE. I live in OKC. Yes it was a lot of rain for August. But it was very welcome rain in a month we usually don’t get any. A few flooded streets are not severe weather! OKIES LOVED THAT RAIN!

[gravelroadnavigator]

Recent memory? Lol. Hyperbolic much? 10 years ago it was just as bad if not worse.

[mondocjenson-dyzd]

Too much construction, more 🚙 Cars 🚙 and little planning attributes to roadways not being capable of ☔ dissipating 💦 the water😮

[lindawadeok]

Worse no I don't think so, bad yes... it has been much worse. I got 6.5 inches in 6 hrs... but have experienced getting 6 in 3 hours... you could barely stay ahead of that one

[TonneMiessek-lm]

May God be with them. With the authority of Jesus Christ we pray that flooding stops worldwide and that those causing it are grounded

[donaldteal]

All the best too you all ✝️ God bless everyone all your days ✝️🕊️🇺🇸

[DOSU]

Sit and watch the chemtrails from my back porch.

[robcyr]

Good time to be a flood insurance salesman

[vodurisb]

what not wipe a tornado 🌪️ wipe a flood… WELCOME TO OKC! 😅

[robertkerr]

Extreme ponding? 😮 hmmm, never heard that as a verb before.