LAS VEGAS (AP) - Firefighters rescued at least two people from fast-moving water in a drainage channel in metro Las Vegas after heavy rainfall, authorities said.
There were unconfirmed reports of five additional people in the water but crews didn’t immediately find anybody else in addition to the two people rescued Thursday night, the Clark County Fire Department said.
The National Weather Service in Las Vegas said Friday morning that 24-hour rainfall amounts generally around 1 inch (2.5 centimeters) but that about 1.8 inches (4.5 centimeters) fell at North Las Vegas Airport.
A flash flood advisory for metro Las Vegas expired Friday morning but the weather service said there could be scattered showers and residual flooding in low areas later Friday.
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