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Bystanders look at a flooded section of Interstate 70, cutting off traffic in both directions in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood of Denver on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022.

A man wades through a flooded section on the westbound side of Interstate 70 as a white van lies waterlogged in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood of Denver on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. An afternoon thunderstorm caused flooding in multiple parts of Denver.

Cristian, a janitor who cleans Denver's subway trains, reenters his flooded car in an attempt to get it out of a flooded section of Interstate 70 in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood of Denver, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. Cristian, who declined to give his last name, was on his way to work when he was caught in the heavy downpour that flooded and shut down both directions of traffic on the highway. "I guess I'll just go home now," he said.

Cristian, who declined to give his last name, left, works to get his flooded car out of a flooded section of Interstate 70 in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood of Denver, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022.

Bystanders look at a flooded section of Interstate 70, with traffic cut off in both directions in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood of Denver on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022.

DENVER, COLORADO - AUGUST 7: People walk on Interstate 70 as a flash flood on the highway cuts off traffic in both directions in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood of Denver, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. (Photo by Jintak Han/The Denver Post)

Bystanders look at a flooded section of Interstate 70, cutting off traffic in both directions in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood of Denver, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022.

A person films on their phone out of the passenger window of their car as it attempts to drive through a flooded section of I-70 in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood of Denver on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. Multiple people were rescued from the flooded highway.

A thunderstorm floods a section of Interstate 70, cutting off traffic in both directions in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood of Denver, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. Multiple people were rescued from the flooded highway.

A car drives through a flooded section on the westbound side of Interstate 70 in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood of Denver on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022.

Onlookers cheer as cars start driving through a flooded section of I-70 past a waterlogged white van in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood of Denver on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. Multiple people were rescued from the flooded highway.