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service has issued a flash flood watch for a number of beach towns — including ocean city. some streets — completely underwater right now. and in the middle of that — is where we find 47abc’s lili zheng who joins us live from ocean city. lili — how does it look like out there? conditions though i got to say — it’s not nearly as bad as it was earlier this afternoon. still — take a look at this. we’re on st. louis avenue right now — parts of the street completely underwater right now. but town officials say — it’s nothing they are not prepared for. track 1 wet roads — and some sidewalks even underwater — as heavy rain and strong winds pound ocean city. most important what we want people to know is when you see those areas with standing water, do not drive through it track 2 jessica waters — communications a manager for the town of ocean city — says roads that were affected the worst — included parts of downtown plus st. louis avenue. but this minor flooding — she calls it — is not a surprise to some given the town’s sea level. some — including jeffery valdes . the new jersey resident is renting a town home on st. louis avenue this weekend for the h20 international car show. honestly i expected it. it was a lot worse last year. we went outside in our bathing suits and we were swimming in the street track 3 and while waters says — the flooded roads do not pose a major threat right now — we’re certainly watching it, our emergency management is watching it and we would encourage anyone watching tonight to continue to watch the weather track 4 as for valdes — it’s about making the best of a situation. nobody’s car got hurt, we’re parked on high ground. garage is on high ground, we’re ok. according to waters — aside from taking extra precaution on the road — the town is also recommending folks to know which flood zone their homes and businesses are in. you can find a link to the city’s map on our website — 47abc dot com. we’ll send it back to you all in that dry studio. alright thank you lili. 47abc’s lili zheng reporting live in ocean city tonight in salisbury – this morning a part of north park drive collapsed