One death in Laurel flooding

By Matt Connolly

Published January 31, 2013 5:00am ET

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One death in Laurel flooding — Water from the Patuxent River overflows onto a road in Laurel, Maryland. Heavy rains have swollen the Patuxent river, forcing the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) to release water from the flood gates of the T. Howard Duckett Dam, Thursday, January 31st, 2013

Storm produces high water, downed trees throughout area

Hundreds of Laurel residents were evacuated Thursday as officials opened two dams following six inches of overnight rainfall that led to one death.

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