MEANWHILE THE RED CROSS IS
HELPING OTHERS WHO NEED A PLACE
TO STAY.
IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE,
RESIDENTS AT THE BROOK VIEW
APARTMENTS IN CHESWOLDE WERE
RUNNING OUT OF THEIR HOMES TO
SAFETY, INSTEAD OF INTO THEM.
>> THE WIND RIPPED IT OFF.
REPORTER: PIECES OF THE BUILDING
DANGLING AND IN OTHER SPOTS,
THERE'S NO ROOF TO BE SEEN.
JOAN DAVENPORT IS EMOTIONAL
, RE-LIVING THE MOMENT WHEN THE
STORM ROLLED THROUGH.
I WENT TO CLOSE THE WINDOWS AND
PULL THE BLINDS UP, AND THE
CEILING STARTED FALLING AND I
STARTED RUNNING AND I GOT HIT ON
THE HEAD BY A PIECE OF CEILING
BUT I WAS CRAWLING FROM UNDER IT
BECAUSE THE BEAMS WERE COMING
DOWN.
REPORTER: A LOOK FROM SKYTEAM 11
SHOWS HOW THE POWERFUL WINDS
ACTUALLY UPLIFTED THE ROOF,
LEAVING PARTS OF IT COLLAPSED.
YOU ACTUALLY SEE INTO SOME OF
THE RESIDENT'S HOMES.
>> I COULD HEAR THE PRESSURE AND
THE WINDOW STARTED SHAKING AND
THEN I SAW THE ROOF SORT OF LIFT
UP LIKE ON THE FRONT PORCH AND
THEN IT CRACKED OPEN INTO THE
HOUSE.
>> RUNNING FOR THEIR LIVES.
LUCKILY, NO ONE WAS HURT.
>> NOW I HAVE NOTHING RIGHT NOW,
I DON'T KNOW WHEN I CAN GET BACK
IN TO TRY TO GET ANYTHING.
REPORTER: OR IF THEIR PERSONAL
BELONGINGS ARE EVEN SALVAGEABLE.
>> THERE'S WATER COMING THROUGH
THE LIVING ROOM, MY KITCHEN IS
FLOODED, IT STARTED TO GO BACK
INTO MY OFFICE LEAKING THROUGH
THE CEILING.
REPORTER: THE REALTY SPOKESMAN
SAYS ABOUT 15-20 PEOPLE WERE
AFFECTED BY THE STORM DAMAGE.
JUST AS THE SUN CAME OUT AFTER
THE STORM, MANY OF THE RESIDENTS
ARE TRYING TO SEE THE LIGHT, IN
THIS DARK TIME.
>> I'M JUST THANKFUL, I'M
DEFINITELY GOING TO CHURCH ON
SUNDAY.
REPORTER: A RED CROSS OFFICIAL
TELLS ME MANY OF THE RESIDENTS
DO HAVE INSURANCE.
SOME OF THEM WERE ABLE TO GET
INSIDE AND GRAB SOME PERSONAL
ITEMS.
THE REALTY SPOKESMAN TELLS ME IN
45 YEARS, THIS COMPLEX HAS NEVER
SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
STAN: THE STORM SYSTEM CAUSED
FLOODING ACROSS MUCH OF THE
BALTIMORE REGION.
RUXTON ROAD IN BALTIMORE COUNTY
WAS COVERED IN WATER.
AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
COUNTY, DRIVERS HAD TO NAVIGATE
WATER-COVERED ROADS IN MIDDLE
RIVER.
FOR PART OF THE DAY, W WERE
UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
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