floods and flooding

This month's rainfall is two-hundredths of an inch shy of 10 inches, but it's already enough to break a record dating to Hurricane Agnes in 1972. And heavy rain is forecast this weekend, with a flood watch in effect.

Discussions about four potential county land sales focused more on the sites' past than on their future Monday evening at a Howard County Council worksession.

One person was killed and two others critically injured in a crash near border of Baltimore and Harford counties amid a line of severe thunderstorms Saturday night.

For the second successive Monday, evening storms dropped plenty of rain on Harford County, this time causing about 1,000 power outages and prompting one call for a swift water rescue near Bel Air.

Firefighters rescued people from three vehicles in Ruxton Monday night after heavy rains caused flooding in the area, according to Baltimore County officials.

FEMA is working to update the nationwide flood maps to take into account erosion, weather events and land use, which began in 1989.

Texas hates the federal government. Except when it comes to disaster relief.

It's time for action to alleviate flooding problems in historic Ellicott City, Howard County Executive Allan Kittleman said Friday.

The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for Baltimore City and Baltimore and Harford counties as several inches of rain fell across the region Monday night.

Aberdeen City Council is mulling the role its members would have to play as a semi-judicial body when deciding whether to rezone two parcels off of Old Philadelphia Road for industrial use.

Baltimore County officials are giving Wiltondale residents seven options to combat flooding in the neighborhood, ranging in cost from $764,000 to more than $3 million. Now, residents must decide which option to lobby for, but with no guarantee of when the county would fund their choice, if ever.

County to hold meeting April 21 to update Wiltondale-Overbook residents on a study of flooding in the area from Herring Run stream and options to fix the problem.

With the promise of sweet bay breezes and lazy afternoon boat rides, the lure of owning a piece of Maryland waterfront can be strong. But making waterfront dreams a reality can be a complicated process.

A Q&A with Matt Long, co-owner of Gate One Builders in Annapolis

Flooding and thunderstorms come with spring flowers ... and winter may have one last surprise

The National Weather Service on Saturday said that localized flooding is possible for the Chesapeake Bay and adjacent counties, as moderate rain could cause small streams, creeks and urban areas to overflow.

As temperatures struggled to rise Monday, a Bel Air private school and a Havre de Grace Church hall were among the Harford County buildings that experienced flooding from bursting pipes in the unusually frigid weather.

In a Q&A with History Matters columnist Kevin Leonard, Laurel businessman Fred Frederick remembers Laurel's business climate, and its government, in the mid-20th century.

Developer David Tufaro, of Roland Park, is redeveloping an old mill on the Jones Falls in Hampden as a multi-use housing, retail and office center, a Belvedere Square-style market, and a 150-seat restaurant in the old boiler room.

Annapolis has already reached a "tipping point" with more than 30 nuisance flooding events per year, and Baltimore is expected to surpass that total by 2020, according to a NOAA study published Thursday.

A project intended to significantly improve drainage along a section of Route 1 in Laurel is underway, State Highway Administration officials said Thursday.

Baltimore's Office of Sustainability is urging city dwellers to plan now for how they'll manage in the next natural or man-made disaster.

Fix the Conowingo before another Hurricane Agnes hits

As much as 1-3 inches of rain could fall across the region Wednesday amid stormy weather that prompted a tornado warning in Washington, D.C. A flood watch is in effect for much of the Baltimore area.

Parking and flood mitigation in old Ellicott City were the hot topics Thursday night at an historic district-centric candidate forum hosted by the Ellicott City Partnership.

With minor flooding forecast Wednesday morning for Baltimore and elsewhere along the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay, there's a new warning that rising seas are likely to encroach more often and reach farther inland in coming decades.

Another chilly fall morning is forecast Monday, albeit not as cold as Sunday's, and a rebound in temperatures is forecast throughout the day.

Some areas in the Baltimore region flooded overnight after a rainstorm, with tides expected to remain two and a half feet above normal throughout Saturday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.

Rain is likely to continue through Thursday morning, with blustery winds and cool temperatures. Isolated flooding is possible.

A flood watch is in effect across much of the Baltimore region starting at 6 p.m., with 2 inches of rain possible overnight into Thursday morning.

Gail Wagner, of Pleasant Valley, said her two sons wanted to participate in the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Create a Wetland Project for two very different reasons.

The Ellicott City Historic District Partnership's Clean, Green and Safe Committee has spent a lot of time dealing with the "clean" and the "green," according to committee member Lori Lilly.

Baltimore and Annapolis are likely to suffer serious coastal flooding again by the end of the century, but people and property in Ocean City and on the lower Eastern Shore could be especially at risk as climate change accelerates sea level rise along Maryland's extensive shoreline, warns a new report.

When the rain came to Ellicott City three years ago, it descended on the town in powerful droves, unleashing nearly 5 inches in just a little more than two hours.

Jerry N. Johnson, WSSC's general manager/CEO, writes that when Laurel experienced flooding last April during an intense rainstorm, WSSC was compelled to release water from the Duckett Dam. Although this decision has generated criticism and controversy, Johnson writes, WSSC believed then and believes now that this decision was absolutely correct.

Fighting sediment at Susquehanna River dam is no excuse

Across Maryland and much of the northeast on Wednesday, homeowners dialed their insurers about flooded basements, while vehicle owners rung their insurers and their mechanics about water finding its way into engines and interiors.