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A woman captured the harrowing experience of driving through a severely flooded tunnel on video
She and her passenger encountered water multiple feet high, as well as floating debris and a "waterfall"
The two people in the car made it to the other side of the tunnel unharmed
A woman successfully drove through a severely flooded tunnel amid intense thunderstorms.
Karen Humphrey was leaving the Delta terminal at the Detroit Metro Airport on Monday, July 28 when the road out brought her to a tunnel on Dingell Drive that had severely flooded, per Storyful. She turned her phone to video as she proceeded cautiously through the high water.
The first scene she captured was what a passenger can be heard calling a "waterfall" cascading down a tall concrete wall, apparently pouring water into the tunnel. As she drove on, the water's height increased until the bottom part of the car had been fairly submerged.
In the footage, Humphrey repeatedly uttered "Dear God, please let me make it through," while the other passenger in the car urged her to drive slowly through the tunnel. The water appeared to be several feet high, at times splashing on to the car's hood.
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Midway through the tunnel, both let out a gasp as the car appeared to near floating debris, but the car was able to persist on. The two passengers also encountered floating traffic cones, and by the time the car made it to the other end, water was splashing up near the passenger side window.
The driver and passenger speculated that the water was still rising, and outside the tunnel they still encountered deep water. They drove away from the scene safely, the car remarkably still operating just fine.
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The Detroit Metro Airport issued a warning regarding "several locations across the Detroit Metro Airport campus, including the Dingell Drive tunnel," where Humphrey and her passenger drove through. The airport noted that the severe weather was impacting flight schedules as well.
About seven hours after the warning was issued, the airport informed travelers that the floodwaters had receded and the roads around the campus were open again.
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