Heavy rains and flooding have targeted much of the U.S. so farthis week. From Phoenix to Long Island, flash floods have lefthundreds of vehicles stranded in roadways and killed two people inMichigan.

Severe storms swept through the Detroit area on Aug. 11, dumpingapproximately six inches of rain in the area. Roughly 1,000vehicles were abandoned in flooded roadways, says Fox News. A 30-year-old woman suffered seizures and diedafter her vehicle became trapped in high waters. The body of a100-year-old woman was found, apparently drowned, in her floodedcondominium basement on Aug. 12.

In Ross Township, Pa. a sinkhole opened in the parking lot of atanning salon on the evening of Aug. 12. after heavy rains batteredthe area. The hole swallowed a vehicle with its driver stillinside, who was able to get out of the car before it completelydisappeared, says Channel 11 WPXI. Officials say the sinkhole was caused bythe collapse of a deteriorated storm drain.

This is just some of the flooding that has happened sinceSunday. Louisville, Baltimore, Phoenix, and Long Island are amongthe areas underwater from the storms.

Click "next" to see more read more about and see images fromthis week's storms.

A golf fan walks though a flooded area during a weather delayduring the final round of the PGA Championship golf tournament atValhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky. on Aug. 10.

The PGA Championship was delayed throughout the weekend as heavyrains battered Valhalla for three straight days. Sunday's rainswere the heaviest, and with the grounds already saturated from theprevious two days' rains, the tournament was delayed until theevening hours. The PGA Championship finally finished when it wasnearly dark out, with Rory McIlroy winning the tournament.

(AP Photo/John Locher)

Cars are stranded along a flooded stretch of Interstate 75 inHazel Park, Mich. on Aug. 12, a day after a storm dumped more thansix inches of rain in some places in and around Detroit. Nearly1,000 vehicles were abandoned along Michigan roadways.

Two flood-related deaths were reported: A 30-year-old woman whosuffered seizures after her car was trapped in high waters, and a100-year-woman who was found drowned in her flooded basement.

(AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

An official walks on a bridge above a flooded underpass as heavyrain falls in Baltimore on Aug. 12.

As of late afternoon on Aug. 12, Baltimore had gotten 6.27inches of rains, the city's second-rainiest day in August since1871, says USA Today. Some spots picked up close to 10 inches ofrain, according to the National Weather Service.

(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

A sinkhole opened up in a parking lot of a Hollywood Tans inRoss Township, Pa. on Aug. 12 after heavy rains tore through thePittsburgh area. The sinkhole swallowed a car as its driver wasbacking out of her parking spot. Luckily, the driver was able toclimb out the car window with help from the store owner, andwatched as her car sunk deeper and deeper into the hole.

(Channel 11 WPXI)

Firefighters arrive to rescue stranded motorists as heavy rainscaused flash flooding, stranding cars in Laveen, Ariz. on Aug.12.

The heavy rains that struck the Phoenix metropolitan areaTuesday night knocked out power to at least 2,400 homes andbusinesses in Tempe, Ariz., reportsAZ Family. There were also reports of downed trees and lightpoles, as well as flooding in homes. Authorities say at leastsix people have been rescued from vehicles that were stuck inflooded streets in Phoenix.

(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

A car is submerged on a roadway in Holtsville, N.Y. in the earlymorning hours of Aug. 13. Over night storms caused flash floodsthroughout Connecticut, New York and New Jersey, with Long Islandbeing one of the hardest hit. Parts of the island received recordamounts of rain, flooding homes and roadways and causing majordelays for the morning rush hour.

Parts of the Long Island Expressway, the Southern State Parkway,the Northern State Parkway, the Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway,Sunrise Highway (above), Route 110, the Sagtikos Parkway andJericho Turnpike were shut down. Dozens of cars were stranded onthe Southern State Parkway, and fire department boats were deployedto rescue stranded motorists in Nesconset, N.Y., says The Weather Channel.

Islip Macarthur Airport in Ronkonkoma was the worst hit by thestorm, receiving more than 13 inches of rain by 10:30 am, says TimMorrin of the National Weather Service. This breaks the state'sprevious record of most rainfall in a 24-hour period of 11.6 incheswhich fell on Aug. 27 and 28, 2011 on Tannersville, a villagelocated upstate about 50 miles from Albany, says The Wall Street Journal.

(Twitter/@WeatherGoneWILD)