Severe weather swept through the Pittsburgh area on Friday, leading to flash flooding and water rescues. Amid the Friday rush hour, heavy rains produced flooding in multiple communities in Allegheny County,

It’s not often we get into a flash flood emergency. It is very rare, but it means that we have a lot of roadways that are flooding. A lot of them will have a current to them, and we don’t want people driving.

Heavy rains caused flash flooding across the Pittsburgh area Friday evening, impacting communities in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties. Amanda Apel captured the chaso as about three inches of rain fell in just 90 minutes,