Worcester County still experiencing some flooding and road c

Worcester County still experiencing some flooding and road closures

some counties are still trying to pick up the pieces from the storms — 47 abc’s dani bozzini spoke with local emergency service officials to find out exactly how much damage there is — track one even though delmarva was spared a lot of the damage caused by hurricane matthew this past weekend — it wasn’t completely smooth sailing for worcester county — with all the recent heavy rain– major concerns right now are there’s still some flooding around and we’re waiting for the water to recede off some roads. some of the roads took a pretty good hit as far as deterioration of the road track two fred webster is the director of worcester county emergency services — he says his men have been working overtime trying to clear roadways and fallen trees — but not all roads are clear– making it difficult for some locals to get around we come down this way a lot with 1-13 being closed now and route 12 it’s a real inconvenience if you don’t know your way through the back ways it can be a real job to get down here track three baker is referring to the left lane being closed on route 1-13 near betheden church road and the road closure on 1-13 near langmaid road. according to the maryland state highway administration those roads are closed due to high waters — and even though the rain didn’t appear to cause major damage — there are still precautions residents can take — first of all is the barricades were put there for a reason if the barricades are there don’t try and get out and move them or only going to get in trouble by getting into deep deep water and the second thing is something we as emergency managers preach all the time with heavy rain and flood roads turn around don’t drown track four even though there still is damage control — webster thinks conditions will clear up by the end of the week. dani bozzini, 47 abc we also reached out to wicomico county officials — who told 47 abc that all county roads are open — but they did experience some fallen trees — adding that the county has received twenty-five inches in a 17 day period. and staying in worcester county — a man was sent to

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