The White House is leaking — literally
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.
CNBC's Eamon Javers later tweeted to confirm that a vacuum was in placed to soak up the soppy carpet. Yet elsewhere underground, a literal waterfall had forced a Metro train to confine itself to a single track in the Virginia Square station.
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Things didn't look too much better aboveground.
And DMV-area residents weren't even safe outside of the city, with this father reportedly having to abandon his car in Bethesda, Maryland, and carry his daughters to the curb. Kathryn Krawczyk
