JEANNE MESERVE, CNN ANCHOR: To Moscow now where torrential rains continue to drench the city. Many areas are under water and meteorologists say more of the same is on the way. CNN's Steve Harrigan looks at how the capital is coping.</s>STEVE HARRIGAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Through three days of record rainfall, Muscovites headed to work this week. But not everybody made it. Bus 622 was stopped in its tracks by a half-hour downpour that almost equaled the entire average rainfall for the month of June.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): I couldn't go backwards, I couldn't go forwards. The water was coming though the doors.</s>HARRIGAN: Emergency rescue services were called. By the time they inflated their raft and figured out how to row it, most passengers, like this man, his dog and his sneakers, had either walked or swam to safety. Meteorologists blame a cold front of air stuck over the capital.</s>ROMAN WILFANG, METEOROLOGIST (through translator): We've had 100 millimeters of rain in three days. This hasn't happened in 120 years.</s>HARRIGAN: Bad news if you drive a Russian-made Lada, but great news if you sell umbrellas.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): Triple extensions, automatics: There's an umbrella for everyone.</s>HARRIGAN: Of course, not everyone seems to want one. With more heavy rain predicted for next week, a patch of dry land might be hard to find. Steve Harrigan, CNN, Moscow.
Torrential Rains Drench Moscow; Storms Expected to Continue