ST PAUL, Minn. — Roads became flooded and cars got stuck as slow-moving storms produced heavy rain in east St. Paul and much of the east metro area Sunday evening.
According to the National Weather Service, the slow-moving storms the east metro experienced are capable of producing copious amounts of rain, which causes flooding. They advice motorists to avoid driving through flooded roads.
KARE-11 photographer David Peterlinz was on Maryland Avenue and White Bear Avenue in St. Paul's east side and saw several drivers get stuck after they attempted to cross the floodwaters.
A tree on nearby Herbert Street was uprooted and crushed a car. Neighbors told KARE 11 that nobody was inside the vehicle when the tree fell on it.
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