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May 12, 2008 4:41 pm US/Eastern

Gov. O'Malley Addresses Storm Damage Concerns

Reporting
Kelly McPherson
HANOVER, Md. (WJZ) ― The rain has had a major effect in Maryland.

Kelly McPherson reports Governor Martin O'Malley is warning people in the hardest-hit areas to slow down and take precautions.

The high winds have knocked down trees.  This kind of damage is what can become dangerous when it may seem like just a rain storm.

"This is a first," said Teddy Leisner.  "About 7:30 this morning, I opened the curtains and there it was."

It was a sizable sinkhole right in the front yard, about six feet wide and more than four feet deep.

"Eight-year-old boy falls in there and that's soft underneath.  And you're not going to see him and you're not going to hear him," he said.

Governor Martin O'Malley was briefed on the hardest hit areas.

"We're tracking everything that we're aware of in the state," said O'Malley.

From the State Operations Center, more than 300 state and county cameras are monitoring the roads.  Workers are watching the feeds to look for debris, accidents or downed power lines.

"Also have some problems with potentially ground water on the lower shore.  There's no evacuations, no emergency shelter, but we do have potable water ready," O'Malley said.

BGE crews were ready to go in Baltimore County.  Trucks lined the streets, struggling to keep up with all of the downed lines.

"We anticipate more people going without power, more power lines down, more trees and more road closures, especially as that wind picks up in the next 12 hours," O'Malley said.

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