WATCH: Drivers Traverse Flooded Interstate 76 In Lower Merion

LOWER MERION TOWNSHIP, PA – Drivers on Interstate 76 in Lower Merion Township may have fared better with paddles Monday as heavy rains dumped a deluge on the Philadelphia region.

Action News shared video footage of vehicles driving through a veritable river on the highway Monday morning.

Vehicles in water up to their wheel wells in the video.

According to the National Weather Service, flash flooding is the No. 1 weather-related death cause.
The NWS campaign to prevent flash flooding deaths in drivers says features the slogan "Turn Around, Don't Drown."

Just 6 inches of fast-moving flood water can knock over an adult. It takes just 12 inches of rushing water to carry away a small car, while 2 feet of rushing water can carry away most vehicles, the NWS says.

Martin Luther King Jr Drive was flooded at Montgomery Drive Monday as well.

"Roadway flooding will continue through the next several hours until the water has time to drain. The flood advisory will continue until early this afternoon," the NWS said around 9:30 a.m.

Some parts of the Philadelphia region have already received more than two inches of rain.

More rain is possible in the afternoon before the skies clear at night.

Expect cloudy skies with temperatures in the upper 40s Tuesday, with sunshine predicted for Wednesday.

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