It sounds like Edgewood got hit particularly badly.
A reader asks:
“We own a partial basement in Shaw. No issues for the first three years (2014-2017) but since then we’ve had flooding 2-3 times a year. We get the drains snaked regularly, and clean the outside drains of debris. It seems to happen when the pipes are overwhelmed by large storms. No one has been able to provide a fix – any suggestions or plumber/contractor recommendations? Just cleaning up the floods is getting old…thanks!”
More damage:
Perspective https://t.co/2PneS3vZpp
— PoPville (@PoPville) September 11, 2020
Several Edgewood neighbors had their worst nightmare happen today. Water just started coming out from toilets and drains. I hope we can get answers from @dcwater soon. Hopefully @CM_McDuffie @kenyanmcduffie can help us. @nbcwashington pic.twitter.com/dEh43iKSCc
— Jorge_Silva (@Jorge_Silva) September 11, 2020
Water backup in my basement today – Just had to sit and watch it happen because there was nothing I could do. Not shown in the video is water coming from my toilet and tub. Same thing happened 3 years ago. What can we do about this?@dcwater @PoPville @DCist @BrianneKNadeau pic.twitter.com/1zfYZoIc7r
— Mythri Kumar (@my3kumar) September 11, 2020
A backyard roughed up too:
Yikes https://t.co/q9Mhziw56D
— PoPville (@PoPville) September 10, 2020
And Rock Creek raging:
Photo by Nu Wexler