MEMA Report Reveals Goals, Improvements For Emergency Action
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Two floods, one in Ellicott City and one two weeks earlier in Frederick, Md., required massive repairs and cleanup in the weeks following heavy rains.
Maryland’s Emergency Management Agency’s after-action report studied how fast help to both areas arrived.
In Ellicott City, where it took months to recover from a flood two years ago, repairs to infrastructure re-opened Main Street much faster, with state and local agencies learning from 2016 flooding.
During th
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