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Saturday storms dump several inches of rain in Boston area, flooding streets

The rain moved in quickly and dumped several inches on the city in just a few hours.

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New England saw severe weather swing through Saturday, with parts of the region experiencing torrential rainfall.

Flash flood warnings were issued for multiple counties in Massachusetts, including Suffolk County.

The storms' primary impact in the Boston area appeared to be flooding, as the rain moved in quickly and dumped several inches on the city in just a few hours.

In Boston's Roxbury neighborhood, video shared with NBC10 Boston showed several cars that got stuck after people attempted to drive through flooded roadways. It was a similar story in South Boston where water was so high on D Street that it was covering the curb.

Several other areas across the city experienced flooding Saturday, including Storrow Drive and Beacon Street in Brookline.

Video shared on Twitter by Danielle Johns showed a flooded Commonwealth Avenue earlier in the day.

"Comm Ave has a lake now," Johns wrote.

Saturday afternoon, the MBTA announced that flash flooding had caused temporary delays along the Green Line's C branch, between Cleveland Circle and Coolidge Corner.

The high water hadn't receded everywhere Saturday night, including Morrisey Boulevard in Dorchester, which was shutdown due to the flooding.

During the severe storms in nearby Cambridge late Saturday night, authorities responded to a rollover crash on Memorial Drive near the Boston University Bridge.

The Cambridge Fire Department said one person was taken to a local hospital with serious injuries.

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