Two dead as flood tears through Maryland downtown

[WorldNews]

By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Flooding from torrential rain killed two people in Ellicott City, Maryland, with floodwaters that tore through the U.S. town's historic downtown collapsing a street and sweeping away cars. Ellicott City was pounded by almost 6 inches (15 cm) of rain in two hours late on Saturday, sending the Tiber, a tributary of the Patapsco River, out of its banks, officials said. Howard County Executive Allan Kittleman said the flooding in Ellicott City, about 35 miles (56 km) northeast of Washington, was worse than that from Hurricane Agnes in 1972.

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