How Natural And Man-Made Forces Make Ellicott City Vulnerable To Flooding

ELLICOTT CITY (WJZ) — The second deadly flood in less than two years in Ellicott City is raising questions about nearby areas that make the community susceptible to destructive flooding.
Maryland was still an English colony when water-powered mills gave rise to Ellicott City.
“It funnels that power and concentrates it, which is good for mill operation, but when you have a flood scenario, obviously it gets destructive and that’s what we’ve seen,” U.S. Geological Surv