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Howard County to break ground on Extended North Tunnel to mitigate flooding in Ellicott City

May 8, 2024May 8, 2024 Capital News Service

After years of devastating flooding, Ellicott City is set to break ground on the Extended North Tunnel: an underground flooding mitigation system. The tunnel is expected to push 26,000 gallons of water per second from the North end of the city to the Patapsco River.

Volunteers pray with a homeowner in the Beechfield neighborhood of west Baltimore. The area was hit by three flash floods in 2018. (Anthony C. Hayes)

News Spirituality

Volunteers join local churches in sustained response to west Baltimore flooding

August 30, 2018July 10, 2021 Anthony C. Hayes

In a season where it seems as if the rainfall totals are approaching Biblical proportions, it may be easy to

Hogan calls state of emergency: Ellicott City flooded again

May 28, 2018May 29, 2018 Baltimore Post-Examiner Staff

ELLICOTT CITY, MD.— Gov. Larry Hogan declared a state of emergency Sunday in Howard County as flash floods drenched Ellicott

Backstory Blogs

Ellicott City reopens, but problems remain

October 8, 2016October 8, 2016 Bill Hughes

Just over three months after a devastating flood struck historic Ellicott City’s Main Street, it was reopened on Thursday, October

Blogs Kierkegaard’s Left Lobe

And now your local weather

April 28, 2012August 21, 2013 Mark Forseth

Windy, With a Chance for Hurricane Bob Dylan is convinced that “The Answer is Blowin’ in the Wind.” Differences in