The White House is leaking — literally

(Image credit: NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

last updated 8 July 2019

Washington, D.C., is a swamp. Or maybe an entire pond.

Whatever body of water you decide to call it, it's clear that a torrential downpour and flash floods have turned the nation's capital into something other than land. The downpour flooded streets and Metro stations, and even caused a literal leak in the press room in the basement of the White House.

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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.

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