Severe thunderstorms whipped through Washington, D.C., Thursday afternoon, causing the Washington Monument to vanish from view in the heavy downpour.
Video footage shot from east of where the structure sits on the National Mall captured moments when heavy rain overtook the monument, causing it to disappear on camera.
WOW! I’ve never seen a storm whip down the National Mall like this. It is nuts in DC right now.
Watch the Washington Monument vanish! pic.twitter.com/Hga13dLoxr— Ryan Nobles (@ryanobles) July 1, 2021
The heavy storm system caused the National Weather Service to issue flash flood warnings for parts of Montgomery County, Maryland, as well as for several northern Virginia communities and Washington, D.C.
