Flood Rips Through Historic Maryland Town, Killing at Least 2.NYT
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“This was a different type of flooding than you would normally get when just the Patapsco rises — far more devastating,” Mr. Miller said. “It’s like the water was a piston. The water came through with such force.”. . .
The town’s location in the Patapsco River Valley has made it susceptible to flooding. On Sunday, some of its roughly 65,000 residents were already drawing comparisons to the two biggest floods in its recorded history, the flood of 1868 and flooding caused by Hurricane Agnes in 1972. “They call them the 100-year floods,” Mr. Gladden said. “And this one may rival that.”
The National Weather Service had issued warnings about potential floods on Saturday, and at one point sent a sharply worded bulletin: “This is a particularly dangerous situation. Seek higher ground now!”'>>>
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