Baltimore experience flooding as rain moves across area
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Baltimore experiences high water as rain moves across area

Baltimore experiences high water as rain moves across area
VANESSA: JONES FALLS SWELLED QUITE A BIT. THE WATER HAS RECEDED A BIT IN THE HOUR WE HAVE BEEN HERE. THERE WERE ALSO RESIN WATERS IN MOUNT WASHINGTON AND THAT CAUSED A SALON OWNER TO CALL FOR HELP. >> I NEVER SAW THIS IN THE 11 YEARS I’VE OWNED THIS BUILDING. VANESSA: DENISE KILCOS GRABBED HER IPHONE AND TOOK THESE PICTURES FROM HER SALON IN MOUNT WASHINGTON. SHE SAYS THE AREA ISN’T PRONE TO FLOODING AND THE RUSHING WATER TOOK HER BY SURPRISE. >> THE WATER WAS GUSHING FROM ALL THE WAY UP SMITH AVENUE DOWN AND IT WAS GUSHING FROM THE PARKING LOT AS YOU GO UP TO HOPKINS. VANESSA: KILCOS GREW CONCERNED WHEN ONE OF HER EMPLOYEES WENT OUT AND CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR HELP. THE WOMAN WAS NOT HURT. >> I HAVE TO THANK THEM BECAUSE THEY ALL CAME OUT HERE IN SUCH RECORD TIME. IT WAS JUST SO IMPRESSIVE AND IT MAKES ME CRY BECAUSE WHEN YOU’RE SCARED TO DEATH LIKE I WAS FOR HER, FOR EVERYONE HERE, IT WAS JUST UNBELIEVEABLE. VANESSA: ANOTHER PART OF THE CITY SAW SOME FLOODING TODAY TOO. AT MEADOW MILL BOXES IN A PARKING LOT TOOK ON WATER AS THE NEARBY JONES FALLS BEGAN TO RISE. THE WATER WAS GRAZING THE BOTTOM OF THE BRIDGE SHORTLY AFTER THE HEAVY RAINFALL STOPPED SO FAR, NO STORM RELATED INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. LIVE IN NORTH BALTIMORE, VANESSA HERRING, WBAL TV 11
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Baltimore experiences high water as rain moves across area
There were some tense moments during Thursday's storm as water began to rise in some parts of Baltimore City.The Jones Fall Expressway saw high water, but this isn't the only area where high water was reported. In Mt. Washington, rushing water caused a salon owner to call for help."I never saw this in the 11 years I've owned this building," said Denise Kilcos, owner of Salon DK.Kilcos grabbed her iPhone and took pictures from her salon in Mt. Washington. She said the area isn't prone to flooding and the rushing water took her by surprise."The water was gushing from all the way up Smith Avenue down, and it was gushing from the parking lot as you go up to Hopkins," said Kilcos.Kilcos grew concerned when one of her employees went out and called the Fire Department for help. The woman was not hurt."I have to thank them because they all came out here in such record time. It was just so impressive, and it makes me cry because when you're scared to death, like I was for her, for everyone here, it was just unbelievable," said Kilcos.Another part of the city saw some flooding Thursday, too. At Meadow Mill, boxes in a parking lot took on water as the nearby Jones Falls Expressway began to rise.The water was grazing the bottom of the bridge shortly after the heavy rainfall stopped.So far, no storm-related injuries have been reported.

There were some tense moments during Thursday's storm as water began to rise in some parts of Baltimore City.

The Jones Fall Expressway saw high water, but this isn't the only area where high water was reported. In Mt. Washington, rushing water caused a salon owner to call for help.

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"I never saw this in the 11 years I've owned this building," said Denise Kilcos, owner of Salon DK.

Kilcos grabbed her iPhone and took pictures from her salon in Mt. Washington. She said the area isn't prone to flooding and the rushing water took her by surprise.

"The water was gushing from all the way up Smith Avenue down, and it was gushing from the parking lot as you go up to Hopkins," said Kilcos.

Kilcos grew concerned when one of her employees went out and called the Fire Department for help. The woman was not hurt.

"I have to thank them because they all came out here in such record time. It was just so impressive, and it makes me cry because when you're scared to death, like I was for her, for everyone here, it was just unbelievable," said Kilcos.

Another part of the city saw some flooding Thursday, too. At Meadow Mill, boxes in a parking lot took on water as the nearby Jones Falls Expressway began to rise.

The water was grazing the bottom of the bridge shortly after the heavy rainfall stopped.

So far, no storm-related injuries have been reported.

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