Patapsco River Goes 'Completely' Over its Bank in Ellicott City (UPDATED)
Flooding has led to road closures in the Historic District and Baltimore County.
Updated 1 p.m. Main Street and Frederick Road have been reopened -- Parts of Main Street and Frederick Road are closed Thursday morning after heavy rains caused the Patapsco River to flood. Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) officials closed Frederick Road from the Patapsco River to Old Frederick Road, and Main Street to Old Columbia Pike at about 3 a.m.Thursday. According to an SHA official on the scene, the area is on "flood watch" until about 2 p.m. “Last night was pretty bad,” said Charlie Gischlar, SHA spokesperson, “I haven’t seen it rain like that in a long, long time.” He said the ground saturation from last week's snow coupled with short bursts of heavy rains made the situation worse. “We’re starting to get trees down,” …
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Gina
3:37 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013
Ah I'm so jealous! I would never make it to work on stormy days if I lived next to the river, I would be staring at it all day!!! Hopefully it's still a sight to see this weekend cause I won't have time to check it out tonight! more ›