Sunday, June 25, 2006; Posted: 10:31 p.m. EDT (02:31 GMT)
Floods hit a Wal-Mart parking lot Sunday in Seaford, Delaware.
FEDERALSBURG, Maryland (AP) -- Heavy rains caused serious flooding Sunday in Pennsylvania, Delaware and along Maryland's Eastern Shore, washing out roads and forcing some residents to evacuate their homes. No deaths or injuries were reported.
In Maryland, 4 to 5 feet of water was reported in parts of northern Dorchester and southern Caroline County, state Emergency Management Agency spokesman Jeff Welsh said. At least 20 roads in Dorchester County were closed, and a large section of Route 307 was washed out down to the gravel, said 1st Sgt. Russell Newell, spokesman for Maryland State Police.
"It is quite a serious situation," he said.
Low-lying areas of Federalsburg, a southern Caroline County town of about 2,600 people, were flooded Sunday morning and about 45 people voluntarily evacuated, police chief Donald Nagel said. A state of emergency was declared in the city.
In the southwest Delaware town of Seaford, cars were floating in a Wal-Mart parking lot. Up to 15 people were evacuated from their homes, city spokeswoman Amy Walls said.
Thelma Gillespie said water was waist-high in the family room of her split-level home, and three of her vehicles were submerged up to their roofs.
"It's just a mess. I don't know where to start," Gillespie said. "All my furniture down here was new last year, and I don't have flood insurance."
In western Pennsylvania, flash floods triggered by heavy rainfall prompted a state of emergency in parts of Armstrong County.
The basements of 100 to 200 homes in Ford City and nearby areas were flooded and some residents had to be evacuated, said Randy Brozenick, director of the county's public safety department.
"We're hoping the worst of it's over," he said.
