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Men form human chain to save woman from Maryland floods

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan declared a state of emergency on Monday and toured Main St. alongside Kittleman, the county executive, and U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings.

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“This is a devastating situation and the residents of Ellicott City need to know that Annapolis is prepared to support their needs throughout this hard process”. “Or as Lt. Gov Rutherford told me, like a set from a disaster movie.”Miller said the water levels have returned to normal but more damage could be on the way”.

The Rev. Dean Cover (COH’-ver) shared his memories of 35-year-old Jessica Watsula on Monday in a telephone interview from Living Waters Chapel in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. People rescued one another from cars being swept away. “Cars everywhere, cars on top of cars, parts of the road are gone, many parts of the sidewalk are gone, storefronts are completely gone”.

FOX 5’s Melanie Alnwick says that most of the owners she saw Tuesday morning were able to drive away in their vehicles.

One man who led the pack to save the woman was pushed down by the wild water as it raged in the street. As water continued rising she hugged the others there and thought of her 2-year-old son.

More than 170 damaged cars are being towed to impound lots, Gardner said. “It makes me want to go back home and stand with everybody and help rebuild the town”.

Flooding from torrential rain killed two people, with a street collapsing under flood waters and cars swept away, officials said. He said that there are more “urbanized impervious surfaces” such as as asphalt and concrete that increases the water that runs off into streams, lakes and rivers.

As the woman in the small convertible struggled to get out of the vehicle, the men linked arms to save her.

One Maryland resident says, “Within five minutes it was panic and my friend was pulling someone out of there and I’ve never seen anything like it”.

Flood gauge showing the record crest that suddenly occurred along the Patapsco River on Saturday, July 30, 2016.

The rain from the storm swamped the small watershed of the Tiber and Hudson rivers that spills into the Patapsco, Howard County emergency official Ryan Miller told the newspaper.

A man killed by flash flooding in Ellicott City, Maryland, over the weekend was the director of financial aid at the University of Baltimore.

“There were four other people there were helping with everything”, he told NBC Washington.

The bodies of two people, a man and a woman, were found in the aftermath, one in the river, officials said.

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“We didn’t have a lot time, so we just did it”.

Main Street in historic Ellicott City Maryland is seen Monday Aug. 1 2016 after the city was ravaged by floodwaters Saturday night killing two people and causing devastating damage to homes and businesses officials said