JENNIFER: GOOD AFTERNOON.
IF WE CONTINUE TO COVER BREAKING
NEWS.
THE GOVERNOR DECLARING A STATE
OF EMERGENCY AFTER FLASH
FLOODING HAS DESTROYED BUILDINGS
IN DOWNTOWN ELLICOTT CITY.
WE GO DOWNTOWN TO LACEY
ANDERSON.
WE HAVE SOME UPDATED NUMBERS.
LACEY: IF THERE'S ANY LIGHT ON
THIS DAY IT'S THAT EARLIER WE
WERE TELLING YOU THAT MULTIPLE
PEOPLE WERE CONFIRMED MISSING.
WE HAVE JUST GOTTEN AN UPDATE
WHO SAYS NOBODY IS REPORTED
MISSING AT THI TIME.
HOWEVER, THE DEVASTATION IS
TERRIBLE AND ONE WOMAN WAS
KILLED I THE FLOODWATERS.
STILL MANY EMERGENCY CREWS HERE.
THAT IS NOT WHERE THE REAL
DAMAGE IS.
WE HAVE SOME VIDEO HERE.
WE TOURED MAIN STREET EARLIER
TODAY.
DOZENS OF CARS DAMAGED AND
DESTROYS.
MORE THAN A DOZEN BUSINESSES
RIPPED APART BY THE FLOODWATERS.
DOWN POWER LINES
, CALLING IT
VERY EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.
LUCKILY THE STANDING WATER IS
GONE, HOWEVER DOES IT -- THERE
IS A LOT OF MUD.
WE TALKED TO SEVERAL PEOPLE
ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
>> IT'S
HAR TO GIVE THEM ANY
CONSOLATION THAT WILL MAKE THEM
FEEL BETTER.
WE'RE GOING T PROMISE THAT WE
ARE GOING TO PROVIDE ALL THE
RESOURCES WE CAN.
>> PEOPLE HAVE STAYED UP ALL
NIGHT, FIGURING OUT ONE OF THE
FIRST STEPS IN WHAT IS
ESSENTIALLY A WAR ZONE.
WE WILL REBUILD THE CITY AND
MAKE IT VITAL.
>> PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO
BE PATIENT, BUT WE WILL NOT BE
PATIENT AND PULLING OUT THE
RESOURCES.
LACEY: THE COMMUNITY HAS STARTED
TO COME TOGETHER FOR THIS.
THERE WAS A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO
CAME DOWN.
THEY BROUGHT CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP
TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
WORKING HAR
.
IF YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A
SITUATION WHERE YOU NEED HEL
,
CALL A NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER.
IF YOU D HAVE AN EMERGENCY CALL
911.
IT IS A DEVASTATING
SITUATION.
THAT I REALLY A WORD MOST
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN USING.
JENNIFER: I MENTION YOU HAVE
BE HEARING
THIS COMPARED TO
HURRICANE AGNES BA IN 1972.
I WANT YOU TO DESCRIBE TO THE
VIEWERS SOME OF THE VIDEO WE
HAVE BEEN SEEING.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE PARTS OF THE
ROADWAY HAVE BEEN SWEPT AWAY.
THAT IS NOT SAND.
THAT IS CONCRETE AND CHUNKS OF
BUILDING THAT IS NO LONGER
THERE.
LACEY:
GOVERNOR HOGAN SAYS THIS
IS THE WORST DEVASTATION I HAVE
EXPERIENCED SINCE I'VE BEEN
GOVERNOR.
SEEING THE PICTURES
AND VIDEO IS
ONE THING, BUT TO ACTUALLY TRIED
THROUGH THE MUD AND CD GLASS
SHATTER AND CARS FLIPPED
OVER.
AS YOU WALK IN, YOU COULD SEE A
WHOLE FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER
SIDE.
OFFICIAL
IN HOWARD COUNTY TOLD
ME THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
AS OF NOW, NOBODY IS ALLOWED IN
THE AREA.
THEY ARE JUST TALKING ABOUT HOW
BAD THIS SITUATION IS.
THE
PEOPLE ARE STRONG AND
RESILIENT.
THEY BEEN THROUGH TOUGH TIMES
BEFORE.
JENNIFER:
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
THE VIDEOS AND PICTURES COMING
OUT OF ELLICOTT CITY ASTOUNDING.
WE WANT TO SEND IT NOW TO MIRI
MARSHALL WHO IS TRACKING ANOTHER
STORM.
MIRI:
THIS IS ACTUALLY --
ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.
THEY RECEIVED NEARLY SEVEN
INCHES OF RAIN IN A SPAN OF JUST
TWO HOURS.
AT ONE POINT, THEY RECEIVED MORE
THAN THREE INCHES OF RAIN IN 30
MINUTES.
THIS IS WHAT WE CALL
A 1000 YEAR
RAINFALL EVENT.
TO CLARIFY, IT HAS A 0.1% CHANCE
HAPPENING IN ANY GIVEN YEAR.
IT IS INCREDIBLE TO WATCH IN
TERMS OF THE AND EVERYTHING
COMING IN.
LOTS OF AREAS SAW MORE THAN FOUR
INCHES.
ELDERSBURG, ONE POINT SEVEN
INCH.
THERE STILL SOME FLOODING
CONCERNS.
ALL OF THE WATER IS NOW FLOWING
TO THE SOUTH SO IF YOU ARE IN
JESSUP, BILLY, AND THOSE
AREAS,
THERE'S STILL A FLOOD WARNING.
YOU COULD SEE LIGHT TO MODERATE
FLOODING.
WE ARE WATCHING FOR A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
THIS IS MOVING OVER TO THE EAST
IN OUR DIRECTION.
THE NEXT TWO HOURS WE WILL SEE
THE RAIN FALLING AROUND THE
REGION.
YOU CAN SEE SCATTERED SHOWERS
BEGINNING TO POP UP.
WE WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA.
WE WILL WATCH OUT FOR POCKETS
PUSHING INTO THE AREA.
THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE CAN'T SEE
ANY HEAVY POCKETS IN THE
SURROUNDING AREA.
THE OTHER BIG STORY, IT IS HOT
OUT THERE.
IT FEELS MORE LIKE 92 DEGREES.
IT'S STICKY OUT THERE.
HIGHS BETWEEN 86 AND 90'S
DEGREE.
AGAIN, HEAVY RAIN WILL BE
POSSIBLE.
89 TOMORROW.
A 30% CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.