(AP) Mount Airy, Md. During the East Coast’s torrential rains and flooding, which also resulted in rescues from cars buried in floodwaters, a 13-year-old kid died after becoming stuck in a storm drain in Maryland, according to officials.
In Mount Airy, a town of about 10,000 people about 30 miles (48 kilometers) west of Baltimore, children were playing in the rain Thursday in a common area between apartment buildings. However, floodwaters rushed in and the boy was swept into the pipe, according to Doug Alexander, a spokesman for the Mount Airy Volunteer Fire Company.
The youngster claimed that despite efforts to save him, the water pressure was too much and continued to force him farther into the pipe. They managed to extricate him after the rain stopped, but Alexander claimed it was too late.
First responders received a few calls Thursday afternoon regarding cars that were buried in floodwaters in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., in Maryland. In one case, Montgomery County firefighters discovered a lady and toddler stuck inside a submerged SUV, with an 8-year-old kid standing on it, according to officials. According to Assistant Chief Daniel Ogren of the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service, all three were successfully transported to safety.
The National Weather Service cautioned that through Friday night, more storms could cause flash floods and urban flooding in southern New England and the northern mid-Atlantic.
The weather service said that while isolated spots received more, including 5 inches in Mount Airy and 6 inches in Joppatowne northeast of Baltimore, where people were rescued from flooded automobiles, other parts of the Baltimore area received 2.5 to 4 inches Thursday.
The meteorological service said that some parts of central Long Island received more than 4 inches of rain, while other parts of New York and New Jersey received 3 inches or more.
Subways and commuter rail lines in the New York region were operating normally by Friday morning after flooding flooded several of their routes. Additionally, roads and highways that had been closed on Thursday due to high water levels were reopened, according to the city’s Department of Transportation.
According to the FlightAware tracking service, the majority of flights were operating on schedule on Friday morning, however a few hundred were canceled or delayed at major airports in the Boston, Washington, and New York regions.
According to PowerOutage.us, thousands of residences and businesses around the Eastern Seaboard still lacked electricity on Friday morning, including over 5,000 in New York, 3,800 in Virginia, 2,500 in Maryland, and 2,500 in Pennsylvania.
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Due to excessive water levels over the rails, Amtrak trains between Philadelphia and Wilmington, Delaware, were halted Thursday night. However, Amtrak said a few hours later that service had been restored and that the water was moving away from the lines.
With rain predicted through Friday afternoon, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and other municipal officials urged occupants of basement apartments to relocate to higher areas and pleaded with people to keep off the roadways on Thursday.
