ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — One person is dead after heavy rains from the remnants of Hurricane Ida flooded an apartment complex in Rockville, Maryland, authorities said Wednesday.
The Montgomery County Police Department said in a news release that one other resident from the complex was still unaccounted for. The name of the 19-year-old person who died has not be released.
Shortly before 4 a.m. Wednesday, authorities received multiple calls for flooding in terrace level apartments of the Rock Creek Woods apartment complex, police said. Rescue crews evacuated dozens of people.
About 12 apartments were flooded, while another 50 were impacted. About 150 residents have been displaced. Three people were transported to area hospitals for non-life-threatening injuries. A firefighter was also taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
Montgomery County Fire Chief Scott Goldstein said the water had almost reached the ceiling when crews arrived at the apartments in Rockville, news outlets reported.
“In many years I have not seen circumstances like this,” Goldstein said.
Maryland’s Emergency Operations Center was activated to “partial” status to support the response to flooding around the state, Maryland Emergency Management Agency said. Schools in Baltimore city and Baltimore, Howard and Harford counties planned to close early on Wednesday because of the inclement weather.
Floodwaters closed many roads around the area and forecasters expected more heavy storms throughout the day.
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