Maryland storms flood streets, knock down trees throughout Baltimore area
BALTIMORE - A windswept storm has knocked down trees and powerlines, caused flooding and left people without electricity throughout Maryland.
As of 11 p.m, Tuesday, there were more than 30,000 customers affected by power outages, with the majority of those in Baltimore County. BGE says it's proactively scheduled 100 additional contractor crews to be available for the duration of the storm.
The storm had a big effect on public transportation in Baltimore City and beyond. Several trains on the MARC network will not run on Wednesday, including Camden-Washington lines trains 840 and 841.
On the Penn line, train 548 will stop running at Union Station due to high water.
Shuttle busses will take riders to stations further north.
The weather caused a slew of impacts at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport. As of 11 p.m., BWI had 186 delays and 92 cancellations.
United Airlines had the most cancellations and Delta Airlines had the most delays.
In Bel Air, a person was injured after a tree fell and damaged multiple homes in the 1900 block of Millington Square.
Streets were flooded in Fells Point, Canton, the Inner Harbor, Annapolis, Harford County, and most places along Maryland waters.
WJZ's Cristina Mendez was at the Inner Harbor Amphitheater where the water was creeping up to the land.
Crews rescued four people trapped in cars floodwaters on Walters Mill Road near Sandy Hook Road in Bel Air.
Trees were reportedly knocked down on Greenspring Road and Taney Road in Baltimore City.
There was also a tree downed in Catonsville and in Curtis Bay.
Heavy rain and whipping winds ripped through the heart of Annapolis on Tuesday.
The storm flooded City Dock and forced road closures as water rose up past the seawall.
"The water is way up past the seawall, almost into the road," said Annapolis resident Kelsi Furman.
Some people swapped out their cars for kayaks while others walked through the floodwaters.
"Kind of alarming to see," Furman said. "I didn't realize how crazy it gets."
Flooding has shut down several roads in Fells Point following a hard-hitting storm on Tuesday.
Along Thames and Wolfe streets, tow trucks and patrol cars create barriers to oncoming traffic.
The bookend of those streets is just one example of floodwaters stretching inland, making roadways impassable and sending drivers steering elsewhere.
Flooding covered the cobblestones along a stretch of Thames Street, while Baltimore City tow trucks were on standby to rescue vehicles from the rising water.