This just in: Two more pipe failures with flooding have been reported. One is again in the Valley Lane area of Lexington Park at 46563 and the second is the Brinsfield-Echols Funeral Home at 30195 Three Notch Road in Charlotte Hall.
More pipe failures are expected. Motorists are cautioned to drive carefully in the flooded areas.
Southern Maryland residents are cautioned to check all plumbing fixtures, especially those exposed to the outside air against the possibility of freezing and bursting.
Four such failures have occurred in St. Mary’s County with more expected this evening as the bitter cold arctic air continues to stall over the area.
So far there have been reported freezing problems at the following locations:
21991 Three Notch Road in Lexington Park causing a dangerous flooding condition; 45277 Elkton Lane in California, again causing flooding; 45489 Columbine Place in Great Mills with more flooding and at 46553 Valley Court in Lexington Park.
Flooding water soon freezes and in areas near roadways the ice causes slick and dangerous road conditions.