Some flooding may have crept close to streets in Historic Ellicott City over the last few days, but it was nothing compared to the devastation Main Street has had in the past.

Risk of flooding continues across the Mid-Ohio Valley The risk for heavy rain and localized flooding extends into the weekend.

The National Weather Service urged people to avoid travel if a flash flood warning was in place for their area.

Heavy rain swept across parts of the US Northeast on Monday night, inundating sections of New York and New Jersey with flash flooding that stranded vehicles in roadways, closed subway lines and led to the declaration of a state of emergency.

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Atlantic, Hill Country, Texas, central Florida, southern Arizona, and the Upper Midwest are at risk for more flooding rainfall on Tuesday.

A flood watch was released by the National Weather Service on Tuesday at 2:37 p.m. valid from Wednesday 3 p.m. until Thursday 3 a.m. for Sussex, Warren, Morris, Hunterdon, Somerset, Middlesex and Mercer counties.

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