It could very well be some consideration is being given to opening a new hotel/casino complex in Las Vegas called The Ark..For the second time in two weeks, Sin City has been deluged with another wave of torrential flash floods..The entire Las Vegas Strip, where the major casinos are located, suffered major water damage on Thursday night as videos shared on social media showed casinos turning into rain gutters.. Vegas floodingVegas flooding .Video footage shows Caesar’s Palace dealing with the heavy downpour as floodwater could be seen pouring onto diners at the hotel’s indoor restaurant..Planet Hollywood suffered major water damage from the flash floods, as video footage shows the building filling with water and soaking the carpet..“Never have I seen rain this torrential like I saw this evening,” Richard Henderson, from Vancouver told The New York Post. “The rain was so heavy that you could barely see the Flamingo across the street.”.Henderson, who witnessed the floods in Caesar’s Palace, said Sports Book employees had cordoned off an area inside “with a makeshift barrier of soaking wet slot machine chairs.”.“A quick glance to the ceiling and we were shocked to see water pouring out of every sprinkler head and other spots,” he told The Post..“The sheer amount of water made one of my friends very nervous. She was very concerned about the possibility of more water coming in or a partial ceiling collapse.”.“The lightning strikes were intense. I’ve never seen anything quite like it in Vegas.”.Las Vegas resident Sean Sable said it’s the most rain he’s seen in his six years living in Vegas, saying he saw water “pouring in” during a quick stop to Planet Hollywood..Alexander Wolf, a Las Vegas resident, told The Post he saw “curtains” of rainfall outside his window.”.“Lightning was nearly constant, and the power went out several times. Electric surges set the fire alarms in several buildings off, causing fire responders to have to head out into the storm to respond to them.”.The monsoon storm knocked power to the city, as more than 17,000 NV Energy customers were left without power, according to local TV station, 8NewsNow..The National Weather Service for Las Vegas issued a flash flood warning and a flood advisory effective until early Friday morning, but the rain isn’t expected to go away just yet..“We expect the rain to go ahead through the weekend,” National Weather Service Las Vegas lead forecaster Chris Outler told The Post..“There are daily chances. Right now, the rain has tapered off across the valley but just about every day, especially in the afternoon and evening hours, we have about 30% chances for Las Vegas.”.The flood is causing some travel chaos at Harry Reid International airport..Passengers are facing departure delays averaging about an hour and-a-half, as well as more than an hour of delays for arrivals, a check of website FlightAware shows..The airport measured close to .58 inches of rainfall, with the weather service tweeting, “This brings our monsoon season rainfall total to 1.28′!”.That is more than one-quarter of the average annual rainfall for Vegas..It was far from clear sailing on roads as drivers came to complete stops as roads were blocked by floodwater and cordoned off by cops.
