Las Vegas: Heavy rains are creating the gambling metropolis

Las Vegas has to deal with violent rainstorms. Since last Thursday there have been a monsun-like rain in gambling city, which led to many power failures and flooded roads. Harry Reid International Airport was also affected by the consequences with flight cancellations and delays. Casinos were also among the buildings that were flooded.

Lights, floods and many fire brigade operations

The Las Vegas Review Journal reported on Sunday evening about the floods. In addition, several casinos have been offset by lightning out of lightning. The golden nugget is said to have been affected by the failure of the outer lighting while water flowed from the ceiling lighting in Caesar Palace. A water jet also penetrated through the ceiling in the Hollywood planet. On the other hand, a small river with a remarkable current developed in the parking garage of the Linq Hotel. Rain that has been pressed through the video wall in the sports betting area put the carpet under water in the approximately resort & casino. Nevertheless, some people could not be from the rain from participation Casino games stop.

However, the fire brigade had their hands full. After specifying the Las Vegas ’city spokesman Jace Radke, there were a total of 330 missions from the fire brigade. Swift-Water teams were also asked and had to save at least seven people. The Clark County fire brigade was used for six water rescue operations, according to the spokeswoman for the district – Stacey Welling. However, according to official information, there was no injured or greater damage. The city administration of Las Vegas commented on Twitter as follows: “It is monsoon time that brings thunderstorms and can lead to flood floods that are violent, but usually disappear quickly”.

Mons -like rains nothing new

At this time of year, such heavy rains in the region are common and the order of the day. According to the city administration, the monsoon time usually takes away from late June to mid -September. These weather phenomena can be explained simply: moist air moves from the Pacific inland, which can then trigger short and violent thunderstorms, as well as fall floods and forest fires. The floods on July 3rd, 1975 were particularly bad. The parking lot of the Caesar Palace was flooded by several hundred cars of raging floods. These cars later had to be recovered with cranes, with some even several kilometers away. Telephone masts also collapsed through the forces of nature – some were not steadfast in the water masses and erosion. Sewage treatment plants were also affected by floods, so that the wastewater was out of the city’s gullycover.

According to the Mayor of Las Vegas-Carolyn Goodman-the water is led to Lake Mead by the flood infrastructure in order to be able to counteract floods quickly. Despite the heavy rains, the operation of the casino is to be maintained. Even if the Hollywood planet is slightly damaged by the storm on Sunday evening, a spokesman for Caesar Entertainment said that the company continues to run. In addition, the repair work is already going, although it is not to be expected that the guests will be influenced.

Casino operation as usual

The circa resort is also open. The casino owner Derek Stevens announced this-even if water through a sports betting screen of the Casinos had flowed on the carpet of the lower floor. For the most part, the game activities are normal again. Nevertheless, the casino managers would think about taking prevention measures in order to be better prepared for such weather events. So while in Las Vegas, mone -like rains provide concern, very high temperatures have occurred in USA in the past few weeks. The 30 degree brand was exceeded several times in several cities. On the contrary, the monsoons -like rains, there are probably no preventive measures against these temperatures.