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An unusually strong winter weather-like pattern brought heavy rain, flash flooding, and isolated coastal flooding to the mid-Atlantic and Northeast coasts in late July.

Many locations have seen more than 5 inches of rainfall, with the highest total just over 7.5 inches near Severn, Maryland. Here are selected rainfall totals:

Delaware: 5.85 inches in Laurel

Maryland: 7.52 inches in Severn; 6.86 inches in Olney; 6.38 inches near Silver Springs

New Jersey: 5.81 inches at Atlantic City International Airport; 5.03 inches in Wildwood Crest

North Carolina: 5.28 inches near Grandy

Pennsylvania: 4.95 inches near Charleroi; 3.17 in Pittsburgh

Virginia: 7.51 inches near Lottsburg; 7.18 inches near Falls Church

Washington, D.C.: 3.31 inches at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

West Virginia: 4.94 inches near Martinsburg; 4.20 inches near Harpers Ferry

Numerous water rescues were reported in Mannington, West Virginia and near Hanover, Maryland early on July 29th.

Southeastern New Jersey also experienced flooding early Saturday due to the combination of rainfall and tidal flooding.

Numerous roads were closed in southwestern Pennsylvania July 28th into early the next morning, including in Finleyville where several people were rescued from a trailer park. There was also a report of people stranded in their homes in Washington, Pennsylvania.

Overnight, water damage caused a wall to collapse at an apartment building in the District of Columbia area.

July 28th's Storm Reports

Over 3 inches of rain fell in about 45 minutes midday Friday near Silver Spring, Maryland. Water rescues were also reported near Wheaton and Garrett Park in Maryland, with multiple vehicles trapped in high water.

A landslide reported near Farquhar along westbound I-70 in Washington County, Pennsylvania. Multiple vehicles were in flooded roadways in the city of Washington, Pennsylvania.

Swift water rescues were performed in Pittsburgh Friday evening on Route 51 due to flooding in the area. Rescues were also requested in extreme northern West Virginia after people were trapped in their cars near McMechan, West Virginia outside of Wheeling.

A stream overflowed its banks and into low lying areas with several inches of water flowing over KY Highway 30 near Salyersville, Kentucky.

Evacuations took place Friday night in Uniontown, Pennsylvania due to flooding.

(MAPS: Forecast Temperatures )

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