Credit: "I think a lot of effort should also be put into a very rapid warning system there — more rain gauges, more stream gauges, a smart prediction system that can give a warning based on minutes, with some type of lead time, at least to get people and cars off the street," said professor Jeffrey Halverson of the University of Maryland Baltimore County, a severe storms meteorologist. His research includes the intensity of hurricanes and also severe storms in the Mid-Atlantic.
Ellicott City needs ‘very rapid warning system’ to alert people about possible flooding
