Jul 24, 2008 9:05 pm US/Eastern
Storm Floods ER, Uproots Trees
GLEN BURNIE, Md. (WJZ) ―
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The storm uprooted trees throughout Maryland.
CBS
Summer storms smacked into parts of Maryland and left their mark.
Alex DeMetrick reports Thursday was a day of big jobs for clean up crews.
In Anne Arundel County, things are back to normal at Baltimore Washington Medical Center, but the emergency room had to be dried out after partially flooding Wednesday night.
Damage from the storm was scattered, and clean up mostly meant clearing trees like one that smashed a car in the Perring area of Baltimore City.
"I was standing in my door, and I was looking at the tree. And I could see it moving up and down, moving up and down," said Charles Jordan.
"Actually, we thought a tornado was coming up this way 'cause of how rapid the winds were blowing," said Jamie Cofield.
No tornadoes came, but two powerful, quick-moving storms blew through Maryland.
The first came late Wednesday afternoon, packing heavy rain and lightning. The second punch followed around 9 p.m. with squall-like wind and soaking rain that filled streets.
Lightning was also an issue. Power took a hit at the Baltimore Washington Medical Center in Glen Burnie, and part of the hospital sustained minor flooding from a leaking roof.
Power outages were an issue throughout the Metro area. About 80,000 BGE customers lost electricity, but crews, working around the clock, quickly restored power to most.
As usual, trees brought down most of the lines as wind and rain grew too much for weaker trees.
"It's a combination of a tree being rotten. It can uproot with so much wind and rain, and that's basically how trees really come down," said Shawn Mehaffie, Asplundh.
While violent, the storm's power did not hurt people, just property.
"No one got hurt, thank God no one got hurt. Had a couple cars damaged. Other than that, everyone's fine," said a worker.
Rain also proved to be a problem in Elkridge in Cecil County where so much rain fell that three lanes of I-95 had to be closed after they flooded.
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