(TNS) – Residents, merchants and officials in Ellicott City on Monday began to examine the devastation wrought by the floods that coursed through the historic mill town the night before, for the second time in less than two years.

Old Ellicott City’s Main Street remained blocked off Monday as crews inspected buildings. Police were searching for a Maryland National Guardsman who was reported missing during the flooding Sunday. Cars lay on their sides or upside down in streams and along the road. A crane tow truck was brought in to lift them out. Utility workers began to restore power, fix a broken water line and bypass a broken sewer pipe.

Amid the immediate recovery efforts on Monday, the question was inescapable: Should Ellicott City, founded in 1772, devastated by floods in 2016 and now again in 2018, try to rebuild again?

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