Both projects are expected to be completed in the next year and will retain nearly 7.5 million gallons of storm water combined - about the size of a football field covered by 23 feet of water.Įxecutive Ball took office just months after the three recent deadly floods, in 2011, 20. Howard County has already broken ground on two other major flood mitigation projects – the H7 and Quaker Mill ponds. The project, known as the Extended North Tunnel, will be about 18 feet in diameter and run up to 100-feet underground, just north of Main Street. Photos of the event can be found here.Ĭounty public works officials said they expect to complete design of the tunnel this year, with construction starting as soon as possible. The EPA funding brings the total investment of county, state, and federal dollars in Ellicott City to $167 million in the past four years, which is $138 million higher than during the previous four year period. EPA competitive Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA), which provides water project construction funding under favorable terms. WTOP’s Dick Uliano, Dave Dildine and The Associated Press contributed to this report.Howard County Executive Calvin Ball announced the closing of a $75 million low interest federal loan to construct a 5,000-foot-long tunnel in Ellicott City, the largest and most impactful flood mitigation component of the Ellicott City Safe and Sound plan. In Howard County, NWS said Ellicott City, Catonsville, Woodlawn, Arbutus, Ilchester and Oella were expected to experience flooding.įlash flooding warnings were also issued for Frederick and Anne Arundel counties in Maryland. area braced for flash flooding as heavy rains moved through the D.C. ( Warning: The Periscope contains some strong language).Ī live Periscope feed from Ellicott City Main Street: The Roger Carter Community Center, at 3000 Milltowne Drive, was opened up to residents in need of shelter.Īs the flooding progressed, flurry of videos and pictures were posted on social media, including this Periscope tweeted at around 6:30 p.m. “Get off the roadways so that our emergency vehicles can get there when they need to.” “We’re just asking people to not come to Ellicott City,” Kittleman said. He said there have been no reports of injuries but also said the situation was still developing and that more rain was expected. Kittleman, who spoke to WTOP from the county’s emergency operations center, characterized the flooding as “very bad.” Our emergency operations center is open and we are responding to the emergency. Two people died as a result.Įllicott City’s Main Street is suffering flooding on the scale of the Jstorm. On July 30, 2016, flood waters ripped through Ellicott City’s historic downtown. In a tweet, Howard County government said the flooding was on the same scale as a deadly 2016 storm. He said this flood may even be worse than the 2016 flooding. Stinneford said the rain has caused the Patapsco River to come “rampaging through the Main Street, very similar to what happened two years ago on July 30.” National Weather Service Doppler Radar suggests more than 9.5 inches of rain has fallen in past several hours, according to Storm Team4’s Mike Stinneford.
Maryland State Police said the portion of Interstate 695 between Interstate 70 and Washington Boulevard was also flooded. The Federal Emergency Management Agency had awarded the state $1,044,224 for flood-mitigation efforts in Ellicott City earlier this month. The department also said swift water units from as far away as Northern Virginia were coming to help.
The Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services tweeted that multiple rescues were carried out, and rescue swimmers were called in to help.
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