Officials in Anne Arundel County declared a state of emergency Thursday, a day after remnants of Hurricane Ida swept through the region and a tornado touched down near Maryland’s capital city.
Annapolis Mayor Gavin Buckley and Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman also toured the storm damage in Edgewater and Annapolis, accompanied by Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan.
“Our partners at the county and the state will be crucial to assist residents in the cleanup,” Buckley said. “We are thankful that there were no fatalities and no reported injuries. The fact remains we have a lot of work ahead of us.”
In a news release, Hogan remarked that “the extent of the destruction from the storm is devastating, but these are strong communities, and we will provide whatever state resources are needed to help them rebuild. We will continue to assess the damage, and coordinate closely with federal, state, and local officials in the days ahead.”
In Annapolis, the city’s Department of Planning and Zoning building inspectors have determined there are 38 people displaced with three buildings destroyed, 24 condemned buildings, 26 structures with major damage, and 49 buildings with minor damage. Those numbers are expected to rise as inspectors continued their work Thursday, the city said.
On Thursday, authorities identified a 19-year-old man killed a day earlier when heavy rains flooded a Rockville apartment complex as Melkin Daniel Parada Cedillo. Another resident who had been unaccounted for after the flooding was found unharmed, Montgomery County police said Thursday. The Rock Creek Woods apartment complex resident was out of state, but had contacted police.
Authorities received multiple calls for flooding in terrace level apartments around 4 a.m. Wednesday, and rescue crews evacuated dozens of people. News outlets quoted Montgomery County Fire Chief Scott Goldstein as saying the water had almost reached the ceiling when crews arrived at the apartments.
About 12 apartments were flooded, while another 50 were affected. Three people were taken to area hospitals for injuries that were not considered life-threatening. A firefighter was also taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
Also Thursday, the National Weather Service in Wakefield, Virginia, confirmed an EF-0 tornado in Hurlock on Maryland’s Eastern Shore on Wednesday afternoon. The 50-foot wide twister with an estimated peak windspeed of 75 mph (121 kph) traveled 4 miles (6.4 km) over 3 minutes, ripping a 40-foot hole in the roof of a metal building, overturning several irrigation systems and damaging soybean and corn fields.
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