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BALTIMORE, Md. (AP) - The rainfall total for a five-day period is staggering. The National Weather Service says more than a foot of rain fell on the Mid-Atlantic region over five days.
That's more than the rainfall total for the first five months of the year at National Airport. And it dwarfs precipitation from some recent hurricanes.
Tropical Storm Isabel, which hit in September 2003, dumped two to four inches of rain across Maryland and Washington.
National Weather Service meteorologist John Darnley says the Washington area got the brunt of the rain. He says they "were right in the axis of the tropical moisture."
One storm that poured more rain on the region was Hurricane Agnes in 1972. Mary Bond, who had to evacuate her home, says this batch of rain reminded her of that storm.
