A rainy afternoon in Westernport, Maryland, on Nov 25 last year. Spring flooding in Allegany County caused an estimated US$33.7mil in damage. — Wesley Lapointe/The New York Times
THE morning after the flood, volunteers arrived.
Westernport, Maryland, lay buried in mud. The elementary school, firehouse, town hall, municipal garage and scores of homes were swamped. City employees had lost personal vehicles. Sewer and water lines were wrecked. Books from the library were scattered and ruined.
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