#EllicottCity
Second 1000-Year Flood in Two Years Slams into Historic Maryland City
Ellicott City was still recovering from a flash flood two years ago that killed two and forced the historic city to rebuild much of its Main Street.
DEVELOPING...
A Maryland city was devastated late Sunday afternoon after 6-inches of heavy rain caused a downtown flash flood. Major damage is reported and many cars have been swept away.
Ellicott City was still recovering from a flash flood two years ago that killed two and forced the historic city to rebuild much of its Main Street. Residents said Sunday's flood seemed even worse than the storm in July 2016 -- which was called an extremely rare "one-in-1,000 year event," and cost the city tens of millions of dollars in damages.
An emergency warning was issued by the National Weather Service at 4:40 p.m.
Main Street #EllicottCity flooding. pic.twitter.com/crYP74go08
-- Libby Solomon (@libsolomon) May 27, 2018
Urgent. It's never been this bad.
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DEVELOPING...
A Maryland city was devastated late Sunday afternoon after 6-inches of heavy rain caused a downtown flash flood. Major damage is reported and many cars have been swept away.
Ellicott City was still recovering from a flash flood two years ago that killed two and forced the historic city to rebuild much of its Main Street. Residents said Sunday's flood seemed even worse than the storm in July 2016 -- which was called an extremely rare "one-in-1,000 year event," and cost the city tens of millions of dollars in damages.
An emergency warning was issued by the National Weather Service at 4:40 p.m.
Main Street #EllicottCity flooding. pic.twitter.com/crYP74go08
-- Libby Solomon (@libsolomon) May 27, 2018
DEVELOPING...
A Maryland city was devastated late Sunday afternoon after 6-inches of heavy rain caused a downtown flash flood. Major damage is reported and many cars have been swept away.
Ellicott City was still recovering from a flash flood two years ago that killed two and forced the historic city to rebuild much of its Main Street. Residents said Sunday's flood seemed even worse than the storm in July 2016 -- which was called an extremely rare "one-in-1,000 year event," and cost the city tens of millions of dollars in damages.
An emergency warning was issued by the National Weather Service at 4:40 p.m.
Main Street #EllicottCity flooding. pic.twitter.com/crYP74go08
-- Libby Solomon (@libsolomon) May 27, 2018