Flash-flood risk lingers across the Southwest after Rachel’s remnants swamped Nevada

Forecasters issued flood watches Monday and warned more rain and isolated thunderstorms could hit the Southwest after the remnants of tropical storm Rachel caused severe flooding in Las Vegas over the weekend.Las Vegas tied an all-time daily rainfall record for the month of October after receiving 1.08 inches of rain into Sunday morning, according to the National Weather Service. The last time that much rain fell on the city in one October day was in 1947.Videos posted on social media showed a torrent of water rushing through a street near the Las Vegas Strip, with a Ferris wheel and casinos in the background.Andrew Orrison, a weather service meteorologist, said localized flash flooding was still a risk for the region Monday.“We’ve seen the worst of what Rachel brought ... but unfortunately we are looking at the disturbed weather still lingering,” Orrison said.The weather service issued flood watches through Monday afternoon for a large swath of Utah, southeast Idaho, and northern and