One Year Ago: Deluge Swamps D.C.

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CONSTITUTION AVENUE near the National Mall wasn't always a ground-level thoroughfare — during the city's early decades it was the Tiber Creek canal, a smelly, fetid stretch of water. A year ago today, Constitution Avenue returned to its watery past when a tropical deluge, captured above by Express' Ian Herbert, flooded government buildings in Federal Triangle and swamped cars that were unfortunately parked on what drivers thought was high and dry land.

That storm caused havoc across the area and made getting from point A to point B difficult. The Post's Timothy Dwyer takes a look at how a neighborhood near the Huntington station is coping a year after the waters of Cameron Run invades their homes.

» "Aftermath of a Deluge" [WaPo]

» FROM LAST YEAR:
» "The Morning News: A Swamped City" [Free Ride/Express]
» "The Morning News: Dreading Water" [Free Ride/Express]
» "The Overflowing Potomac" [Free Ride/Express]
» "Local Blog Log: Cleaning Up" [Free Ride/Express]
» "Notes From Around Town: Clogged Arteries" [Free Ride/Express]