VALLEY CENTER, Kan. – Newly released drone footage lays bare the devastating extent of flash flooding that swallowed homes and roads across south-central Kansas Tuesday.

Some of the heaviest rain swamped the suburb of Valley Center , located about 10 miles north of downtown Wichita .

FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY STRIKES KANSAS WITH WATER RESCUES AROUND WICHITA

The relentless two-day downpour, delivering up to 7.29 inches of rain , submerged the town, leaving homes and cars stranded. Residents are calling it the worst flooding they've ever witnessed in the area. Official measurements show that 2.47 inches of rain fell Tuesday alone at Wichita's Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport, making it the fifth-wettest June day in the past 25 years.

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