Photos: Massive flooding rips through historic Ellicott City “They don’t get quite as much press because, fortunately, we don’t have quite as much infrastructure down where the river wants to run through,” Dillow said. That’s because nearly 40 percent of the area is covered with pavement or buildings. Geological Survey’s Maryland-Delaware-DC Water Science Center. near the Minnesota Avenue Metro Station, parts of Laurel, Maryland, and Alexandria’s Cameron Run, which passes between the Capital Beltway Outer Loop and Huntington Park.īaltimore’s northeast quadrant and the Dead Run watershed area of Woodlawn are also prone to flooding, said Jon Dillow, a supervisory hydrologist for the U.S. The NWS keeps a list of populated areas with structures near streams that are known to flood in D.C., Maryland and Virginia, Elliott said. The geographical characteristics making Ellicott City susceptible to flooding are fairly unusual in Maryland, Edward McDonough, a spokesman for the Maryland Emergency Management Agency, said in an email to WTOP.īut it is not the only place that floods during serious rain events. Two massive floods in 20 decimated the area. (Article continues below graphic) The Hudson Branch, Tiber Branch and New Cut Branch all converge near Main Street in Ellicott City. The overwhelmed streams couldn’t drain fast enough and backed up into Main Street. This year’s flood, and the one in 2016, were different from past events because the water rushed downhill instead of slowly rising from below. Business & Finance Click to expand menu.
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