Ellicott City’s flood mitigation efforts prove effective during severe storm

City residents and shop owners expressed relief Tuesday as Howard County’s flood mitigation efforts successfully averted severe flooding the night before. County officials said they planned and prepared Monday for flooding on Main Street, but fortunately, there wasn’t any. Shop owners, like those at the Stone House Collective, braced themselves for the worst as the storm drenched the historic area with about 2 inches of rainwater in two hours.