Las Vegas was hit by another wave of torrential flash floods just two weeks after hotels and casinos were engulfed in floodwaters.
The entire Strip city suffered major water damage Thursday night as videos shared on social media showed casinos turning into storm drains.
The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for Las Vegas, as well as a flash flood warning until 12:15 a.m. Friday, as water inundated some of the city’s most iconic buildings.
Video footage showed Caesar’s Palace battling torrential rain, while floodwaters could be seen pouring over diners in the hotel’s indoor restaurant.
Planet Hollywood also suffered major water damage from the flash floods, as footage showed the building filling with water and soaking the carpet.
A garage in Vegas was completely flooded as water rushed in from the brutal storm outside. Twitter/@bcrypt
“I’ve never seen as much rain as I saw tonight,” Richard Henderson, who is from Vancouver, Canada, told The Post. “The rain was so heavy you could barely see the flamingo across the street.”
The massive flooding also caused major power outages in the city, with more than 17,000 NV Energy customers without power, 8NewsNow reports.
Henderson, who witnessed the flooding at Caesars Palace, said Sports Book officials cordoned off an area inside “with a makeshift barrier of wet slot machine chairs.”
“A quick look at the ceiling and we were shocked to see water pouring out of every sprinkler head and other places,” he told The Post.
“The huge amount of water made a friend of mine very nervous – she was very concerned about the possibility of more water coming in or the ceiling partially collapsing.”
“The lightning was intense. I’ve never seen anything like it in Vegas,” he added.
Local resident Sean Sable said it was the worst rain he’s seen in the six years he’s been in Vegas.
Sable said he saw water “pouring out” during a quick stop at Planet Hollywood.
But the rain still won’t go away.
Water poured from the ceiling onto the blackjack tables as Vegas was drenched in rain. Twitter/Sean Sable
“We expect the rain to continue through the weekend,” National Weather Service Las Vegas-based lead forecaster Chris Outler told The Post.
“There are daily chances. The rain has eased up in the valley right now, but almost every day, especially in the afternoon and evening hours, we have about a 30 percent chance for Las Vegas.”
The Post reached out to NV Energy and Planet Hollywood for comment, while Caesar’s Palace declined to comment.
Power outages reportedly affect thousands in Las Vegas.Twitter/@bcrypt
The flooding is also causing some travel chaos at Harry Reid International Airport.
Passengers are forced to endure departure delays of an average of 1 hour and 34 minutes, as well as more than an hour of arrival delays, according to FlightAware.com.
The airport collected at least 0.58 inches of rain, with the weather service tweeting, “This brings our monsoon season total to 1.28′!”
Meanwhile, on the roads, motorists came to a complete standstill as roads were blocked by floods and cordoned off by police.
Just two weeks ago, the city was hit by major floods that damaged many hotels and casinos.
Alexander Wolff, a Las Vegas resident, told The Post he saw “curtains” of rain outside his window.
“The lightning was almost constant and the power went out several times,” he told The Post. “Power surges disabled fire alarms in several buildings, forcing firefighters to head into the storm to respond.”
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