Ellicot City, Maryland: Second Epic Flooding Event Near Baltimore in Two Years

Posted on May 28, 2018
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Not again, is what some residents of Ellicott City, Maryland are saying, after flash floods sent cars floating down the historic city’s Main Street over the weekend. Less than two years ago, a devastating flood in Ellicott City killed two people and caused millions in damages. Floodwaters receded Sunday night, and officials are just beginning the grim task of assessing the destruction this time around

Officials in Ellicott City, Maryland, say they are heartbroken to see the community so severely damaged by flooding again less than two years after a devastating flood killed two people and caused millions in damages.

Flash floods sent cars floating down Main Street Sunday, while first responders rescued dozens of people trapped in buildings swamped by water.

As the flood waters receded late Sunday, officials were just beginning the grim task of assessing the destruction. No fatalities or missing people were reported. But rescue crews were still going through the muddied, damaged downtown conducting safety checks.

Howard County Executive Allan Kittleman said the damage appeared to him to be worse than the flooding of July 2016.