Cars Stranded By High Water In Md. Counties

ELKTON, Md. (AP) -- Officials in Cecil County and Queen Anne's counties are using water rescue crews to reach motorists and residents stranded by high water.

Cecil County spokeswoman Amy Crabill says boat teams from Allegany and Washington counties arrived Sunday morning. She says heavy rain from Hurricane Irene left many roads impassable throughout the county.

Crabill says the crews are responding to 911 calls for stranded motorists. She says she expects calls from residents as well.

A Queen Anne's County emergency management official says rescue crews used a small boat to reach residents of two flooded homes near Sudlersville and Millington.

He says crews have also had to rescue several motorists who tried to drive through moving water and got stuck.

(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)