Saving Ellicott City
Special | 24m 36sVideo has Closed Captions
Recent major floods impact Ellicott City, which may be "America’s canary in a coal mine."
This is the story of a Maryland mill town that has lived with floods for two hundred fifty years…always rebuilding. But rains have worsened, and development has increased. Residents face the possibility of tearing down historic buildings to save lives. After four deaths, and losing businesses in two, thousand-year-floods in twenty-two months’ time, this may be the new normal for Ellicott City.
Chesapeake Bay Week is a local public television program presented by MPT
Saving Ellicott City
Special | 24m 36sVideo has Closed Captions
This is the story of a Maryland mill town that has lived with floods for two hundred fifty years…always rebuilding. But rains have worsened, and development has increased. Residents face the possibility of tearing down historic buildings to save lives. After four deaths, and losing businesses in two, thousand-year-floods in twenty-two months’ time, this may be the new normal for Ellicott City.
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Chesapeake Bay Week is a local public television program presented by MPT