Flooding: A Foot in MD, Mudslides in D.C.

UPDATE:

Chris Burt, author of "Extreme Weather", a comprehensive guide to which I frequently refer, says:

ORIGINAL POST:

Up to a foot of rain has fallen from Virginia into New England during the last few days. Click here to see a Doppler-Estimated Precipitation Loop for the time period (key shown below).

Washington D.C., northern Maryland, eastern Pennsylvania and eastern New York state were the scenes for heavy rain Sunday evening and overnight. Here's a Doppler-Estimated Precipitation image for the last 24 hours:

Here's what we expect to fall in the next 24 hours. This is not good news for D.C., where The Times Union reports that the Capitol Beltway was closed due to a mudslide Sunday and Amtrak trains were unable to run through high water. Even at the White House, a tree fell over on the president's lawn. Parts of Maryland received 10-12 inches, according to the article.