Among the areas hit hard by flooding was the historic town of Ellicott City.
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“We didn’t realize how bad it was until then”, she said.
Baltimore County Police responded at 8:48 a.m. Sunday to the intersection of Ilchester Road and the Howard County line.
The bodies of two people, a man and a woman, were found in the aftermath, one in the river, officials said. “There are a lot of businesses that are going to be hurting for a long time”. They were inside the victim’s vehicle, attempting to leave, when the vehicle was swept away by the water.
Police learned Blevins was in Ellicott City with his girlfriend Saturday evening. When the water went down, they walked out to find incredible damage.
When she got to Jonathan Butkus’ second-floor apartment, Weglein says water was coming in and the landlord soon said people had to get out.
“We made significant progress overnight in the Ellicott City cleanup”, Howard County government officials reported Monday morning.
WBAL-TV quoted the Howard County executive’s office as saying that a woman was killed because of the flooding. The Howard County Police Department says one theft has been reported from a restaurant, a crime that is now under investigation.
Kittleman said in a statement that more than 200 properties were inspected Sunday and four to five of them are considered destroyed and another 20 to 30 suffered substantial damage.
Watsula from Lebanon County, Pennsylvania was visiting family in the area, according to the Baltimore Sun.
A women inside a vehicle becomes trapped while Ellicott City, in America, is pounded by a torrential bout of flooding on Saturday evening.
– EastCoastAlert (@Eastcoastphotog) July 31, 2016MAJOR #FLOODING Ellicott City #Maryland active water rescues people trapped in cars trees down.
The floodwaters swept away hundreds of cars, tore up sidewalks and wrecked storefronts and building foundations.
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Videos posted on social media showed floodwaters rushing down Main Street, which slopes dramatically toward the river, and sweeping away cars.
