Kansas City Season Of Flooding Worsens

With more rain on the way . . . Now might be a good time to think about making sure a nearby boat is seaworthy.

Of course local rain always inspires some of our finer local activists to claim that global climate change is to blame.

However . . .

Kansas City has a long history of flooding thanks to poor civic planning . . .

And so tonight we take a peek at weather news amid Spring rains.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com links . . .

Kansas City breaks daily precipitation record at 7 a.m.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The storms moving through Kansas City brought record-breaking precipitation early in the morning. According to the National Weather Service, as of 7 a.m. on Tuesday, Kansas City recording 2.56 inches of rain surpasses the daily record mark of 2.44 inches set back in 1996.

Monday morning's storms cause flooding issues all around metro

A lot of people are still cleaning up from Monday morning's storms."This was a set up that, is the way it usually happens really bad, is a lot of really slow slogging rain and then a big hit like we had this morning," said Joe Lillian, co-owner of Servpro of Leawood and Overland Park.Lillian's crews are working nearly a dozen flooded basement calls, including this big one at Queen of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church near 71st Street and Metcalf Avenue."I was not here before this started and truck No.

Basements take beating as heavy rain pounds Kansas City area

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Kansas City area saw heavy rain Monday night into Tuesday, causing problems for homeowners. The area was pounded by rain and basements took a beating. As sump pumps are already overworked, more showers are on the way.

And for the Internets culture . . . 

Normally we don't link youngster or cutsey stuff but this post is just a placeholder about constant local flooding AND the local clip is gaining traction because it's hilarious. 

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Here's a future KC star that deserves credit for her on-air AWESOME . . .

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