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Photos: Sunday’s heavy rainfall brings floods to Beltway and beyond

WASHINGTON — Sunday afternoon brought steady rain once again into the  D.C. area.

Many reports came in of rivers getting close to flood stage, along with flood watches and warnings for the Potomac River in Maryland and Virginia, and the Rappahannock River in Virginia.

Traffic on the Capital Beltway slowed in Prince George’s county due to flooding close to the Baltimore-Washington Parkway.

See photos in the gallery below.

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1 tornado confirmed in Anne Arundel County during Tuesday’s storms

At least one tornado was confirmed by the National Weather Service in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, during Tuesday's storms in the D.C. region. An EF-1 tornado landed in Lake Shore near Patapsco Road at 6:15 p.m. NWS officials determined that the estimated peak winds of the tornado was 100 mph. The twister was on the ground for two minutes as it was around three-quarters of mile long and 160 yards wide.
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