Cheverly mired in floodwaters while rains hammer DMV
CHEVERLY, Md. (FOX 5 DC) - After rains hammered the District and Montgomery County, Thursday’s storm turned its attention to Prince George’s County in the late afternoon, miring the community of Cheverly in impassable floodwaters.
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Around 6 p.m., officials opened the Cheverly Town Hall for people who might be displaced by flood waters, and emergency crews went to the scene to provide food, water and other assistance.
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Multiple roads throughout the DMV were shut down by the flooding – including roadways in the Cheverly area.
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Elsewhere in Prince George’s County, Route 50 was shut down by flooding, and multiple vehicles were stuck in rising water at Pennsy Drive and Old Landover Road.