Ellicott City Flood

6/6/2018 (Permalink)

Vans loaded with equipment drive from Plymouth, MA to Ellicott City, MD.

Ellicott City Flood, SERVPRO of Plymouth/Wareham springs to action

Several of our crew members here at SERVPRO of Plymouth/Wareham met at our warehouse on Sunday, June 3^rd to pack up and head out to Ellicott City, MD to help with the flood damages once again. We responded to the first flood that happened July 30^th, 2016, so our crew knew what to expect.

On Sunday, May 28^th, 2018 Ellicott City was hit by another major flood. Nearly 8 inches of rain fall fell in a matter of hours (approximately two months’ worth of rain).  Both the county executive and governor had declared the downtown area as in a state of emergency. Gas and electric had been shut off so power lines and gas mains could be assessed. An incident management team of 60 people provided assistance to the people of Howard County and Ellicott City. Those who were in need of emergency lodging were told of several local churches locations that were offering shelter. Howard County Executive Allan Kittleman said he was both devastated and heartbroken at a press conference that Sunday night.

Main Street in Ellicott City had been in a state of rebuilding since the 2016 flood. Governor Larry Hogan said at the Sunday press conference that “[The flood] is as bad or worse than the storm two years ago”. Howard County Executive Allan Kittleman said “… this is worse than July 30^th, 2016”. Preliminary reports indicated that Sunday’s rainfall exceeded that of the flood two years ago. In 2016 Meteorologists dismissed the flood as a “1-in-1,000 year rain event”.

SERVPRO of Plymouth/Wareham is currently in Maryland servicing Ellicott City, Catonsville, Baltimore and Laurel. We are working our hardest to help these residents restore their homes back to their pre-storm conditions.