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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Firefighters had to break the back window of a car to save a woman whose vehicle was swept away during a flash flood on a residential St. Petersburg street on Wednesday morning.
The dramatic rescue proved how quickly flood waters can rise and how dangerous they can be.
At about 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, St. Petersburg Fire & Rescue firefighters responded to a call about a vehicle in the water at the 600 block of Roser Park Drive.
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