floods and flooding

On May 13 in Ellicott City, homeowners learned how to help reduce erosion and ease future flooding in the historic town at "Ellicott City - Soak It Up" plant giveaway.

A section of Ellicott City's Main Street may remain closed until Saturday, but the community's business district says it is open for business.

After the first two storms, John Gramiccioni knew the severe flooding in front of his Kingston Road home, in Stoneleigh, was no fluke.

A flood warning is in effect across the Baltimore region after an inch and a half of rain fell Thursday night into Friday morning, but some clearing and sunshine are expected Friday afternoon.

Students from the county's 12 high schools performed a yearlong assessment of their watershed and schoolyards, studying and grading the area's health based on biological, chemical and physical factors

Big field trip news this week: I got to go to Scranton, Pa. and learn all about coal. It was amazing and I can't wait to go back.

The benefits of factoring climate change into the bay cleanup plan are clear, but what about the costs of inaction? Maryland and other states have invested billions of dollars in restoration projects that could fail under future climate conditions. That would mean more basements flooded with sewage in Baltimore City; more erosion damaging local streams and degrading coastal wetlands; and crab, rockfish and oyster populations continuing to struggle from dead zones and algae blooms.

Just over six months ago, life in the historic district changed dramatically. On July 30, the flood waters ravaged our small town and took two lives. Over 190 residents were affected as well as 90 businesses. When you think about the fact that many folk both live and work here, that is a lot of upheaval. Since then, over 70 businesses have reopened — not all in their original location. People really stepped up to the plate.

Old Ellicott City's charm lies in its 244-year-old history, beset with small, quaint shops and narrow sidewalks that snake up and down the low-lying district that was originally designed as a river town in the 1700s.

Residents, business owners and property owners affected by last year's flood in Ellicott City will not have to pay certain permit and licensing fees through the end of June.

Two years after becoming the second Republican in the county's history to take the top executive's office, Kittleman is chasing broad pledges built on three pillars that wooed the Democrat-leaning county: openness, transparency and accountability.

2016 brought some of the heaviest precipitation the Baltimore region has ever seen, but it's ending with a drought.

First, a late-January snowstorm su

The charming restaurant with the deep-blue awnings and romantic dining rooms reopened its doors in late October. It hasn't missed a beat in the kitchen.

In a Howard County Times op-ed, County Executive Allan Kittleman writes, "It would be impossible to tell the story of the past two years without discussing the devastating storm that hit Historic Ellicott City on July 30. Our ability to recover from the flood, as well as a historic 28-inch snowfall and a tornado that carved a 13-mile swath through western Howard County, speaks to the resolve and resiliency of this community."

Sunday afternoon's Holiday Market and Arts Festival fundraiser at the Ag Center was one of the more than 600 events that have been held in the last four months to help Ellicott City flood victims.

The developer's latest draft proposal was presented before the seven-member panel Wednesday evening, where company vice president Jason Van Kirk and Bohler Engineering representatives shared plans to build 238 age-restricted housing units on the 67-acre property in Ellicott City.

It seems logical to assume that the Ellicott City Station of the B&O Railroad Museum must have been among the hardest hit structures during the deadly flash flooding that nearly destroyed the historic mill town.

More than 50 vendors will collaborate with the Elliott City Partnership to raise funds for Main Street.

The Artists' Gallery was just about to move from its longtime home in the American City Building in Columbia to a storefront location on Main Street in Ellicott City when last summer's devastating flood put the move on hold.

After four months of raking out mud and rebuilding, Sally Fox Tennant joined about 70 other business operators on the historic street Saturday for the official reopening of downtown Ellicott City.

Students from Mount Hebron High School in Ellicott City simulated a mock council meeting by playing the roles of community stakeholders, and debated whether the Ellicott City flood in July was preventable.

Prompted by the Ellicott City flood in July, local and state lawmakers are exploring a series of changes that would help the 244-year-old river town control the flow of water and give relief to local businesses.

Haunted by videos of the raging river that Main Street became on July 30 after a flash flood wreaked havoc along its steep contours, Joan Geller Grauman couldn't sleep for a week.

Students and alumni from the Howard Community College's Center for Entrepreneurial and Business Excellence classes have met weekly to put Main Street shop owner Sally Tennant's business online, assisting with web content, logos, photographs of merchandise and social media.

An Ellicott City recovery and restoration plan deserves the same kind of attention that the County Council has focused on Columbia in recent months, including a discussion of how tax dollars can be deployed as a catalyst for sustaining the historic area.

On Oct. 20, residents living on Kingston Road in Towson's Stoneleigh neighborhood were in the same place where they were in October 2015 — attending a Baltimore County Planning Board meeting to urge the county to include money in the budget to upgrade their neighborhood's storm drain system.

100 days after a devastating flood, Main Street Ellicott City business are eyeing a long return to normalcy as holiday shopping season comes into full swing, new faces come in and landmarks leaves.

Standing in a newly refurbished store once a boutique where children and adults with autism worked, local and state elected officials honored merchants, organizations and residents for their heroism after a deadly flood swept through old Ellicott City nearly three months ago.

With 200,000 square feet of space in a renovated mill on Clipper Mill Rd. near the Jones Falls waterway, the Meadow Mill business complex is prone to flooding.

Our Lady's Center chapel, bookstore and gift shop in Ellicott City suffered substantial flooding across its property following the July 30 flood that ravaged Main Street. On Wednesday, Oct. 19, the chapel held a thank-you Mass and reception for the county departments and private contractors who helped get the area back on its feet.

Like other areas in Valley Mede, an Ellicott City development built more than 40 years ago, the Chens' lot became a swimming pool during the July 30 flood, which killed two people and swept businesses in old Ellicott City into ruin.

Kudos to the Howard County Summer Theatre.

Howard County will put $3.8 million toward flood remediation projects to prevent potential future flooding in Ellicott City, which saw a catastrophic flood that killed two people in July.

Maj. Donald Ells had heard reports of flooding around Nichols, S.C. But when Ells, an aerial photographer in the Maryland Wing of the Civil Air Patrol, flew over the hurricane-ravaged town this week, he saw it was almost completely submerged.

With a purposeful lack of fanfare, Howard County officials quietly reopened Ellicott City's Main Street on Thursday afternoon, two and a half months after flash floods killed two people and caused devastating damage in the historic mill town.

As other Ellicott City businesses celebrate their reopening Thursday, the Rumor Mill Fusion Bar & Restaurant is among the businesses that will not reopen.

As Ellicott City reopens and rebounds after a devastating flood, Howard County Council voted to table a proposed temporary nine-month halt on development.

The National Weather Service issued a flood advisory Saturday afternoon, warning that parts of the Inner Harbor promenade, Thames Street and shoreline in Bowleys Quarters may see minor flooding.

Drizzle and some rain showers are expected across Central Maryland into Saturday, but fears of widespread flooding did not materialize Thursday.

Flood warnings are in effect across much of the Baltimore region after more than 2 inches of rain fell from late Wednesday night through daybreak Thursday.

As much as 6 inches of rain — more in isolated areas — could cause widespread flooding across Central Maryland through Friday.

Heavy rain storms are expected across most of Central Maryland, including Carroll County, beginning last night and potentially lasting through Saturday. While it will defintely put a damper on some weekend plans, of greater concern is the risk of flash flooding, particularly today when as much as 6 inches of rain is possible.

We've enjoyed a fairly dry month around central Maryland so far, but that's likely to change during the next several days. We could get enough rain to lead to

As much as 4 to 6 inches of rain could fall on Central Maryland from Wednesday night through Thursday, prompting warnings of possible flooding.

The sinkhole has been there so long it is hard to remember a time before the road caved in and the army of robots took over Centre Street, or what wa

After watching videos of the Ellicott City flood, one Howard County robotics team was moved to raise funds for the flood's victims.

Councilman Jon Weinstein's proposal to halt development for nine months won't prevent serious flooding in Ellicott City.

Two proposals to dramatically alter development patterns in Howard County drew mixed testimony at Howard County Council hearing Monday night.

The Patapsco River bridge leading into downtown Ellicott City reopened to light traffic Saturday, almost two months after a deadly flood devastated the old mill town.

Residents of southern Kent Island have wanted a public sewer system for decades, tired of frequent flooding that stirs a stench in their backyards and threatens their groundwater and the fragile Chesapeake Bay ecosystem. But now that the state is chipping in $15 million to ensure that a sewer line is run down the largest island in the Chesapeake Bay, some are worried about another consequence: The sewer project could allow more than 600 new homes to be built on the low-lying land at the foot of