In the 1996 storm, 39 floodgates were opened.Įnvironmentalists are worried that runoff from the Susquehanna watershed, which supplies half the fresh water to the Chesapeake Bay, could create bigger "dead zones" in the bay this summer. ![]() The town of Port Deposit begins to flood when 22 gates are open. That would exceed the level reached in a January 1996 flood, which damaged the Cecil County town of Port Deposit.īen Armstrong, spokesman for Exelon Corp., which operates the Conowingo Dam, said that when 14 of its gates are open, water floods Route 222. The National Weather Service was projecting that the river would reach 25.1 feet at Harrisburg - not even counting the effect of last night's rains. Meanwhile, the Susquehanna is expected to reach flood stage at Harrisburg by late today and rise to as much as 8 feet above flood stage there by tomorrow evening, Oravec said. McDonough said the state anticipates that the Potomac will crest about 2 to 3 feet above flood stage at Point of Rocks in Frederick County - a moderate deluge for a town familiar with 8- to 10-foot floods. "I would expect more trees down," said Dave Buck, a spokesman for the State Highway Administration.Īs heavy rains continued to pound Western Maryland yesterday, forecasters were expecting flooding on the Potomac and Monocacy rivers by late tomorrow. That's not normally enough to topple trees, he said, "but with the amount of water in the soil, it won't take much." Oravec said the storm's sustained winds might reach 20 mph, with gusts to 40 or 50 mph in thunderstorms. ![]() The tropical system racing up the bay was also expected to bring stronger winds than the system that brought soaking rains to the region over the weekend. Officials in Anne Arundel County issued a coastal flood watch. ![]() But officials weren't expecting anything so serious this morning.Įd McDonough, a spokesman for the Maryland Emergency Management Agency, said yesterday that officials were expecting a storm surge of about 2 to 3 feet at high tide. Storm surges during Tropical Storm Isabel in 2003 reached 8 to 10 feet and caused extensive damage to Fells Point, Annapolis, eastern Baltimore County and other areas.
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