Photos show locals kayaking past businesses as water rose nearly to the windows in Annapolis, Maryland, Friday. The city is anticipating potentially historic tidal flooding into Saturday.

The floods, fueled by rain and the heavy winds of the second storm this week moving already-high tides, could be the highest since 2003's Hurricane Isabel in some areas.

(MORE: Eastern Storm Could Produce Worst Tidal Flooding in Mid-Atlantic in Years)

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The Associated Press reported that several public school systems in Maryland were closed on Friday due to the severe weather.

Flooding was forcing the closure of roads in Virginia and Maryland on Friday afternoon, including Union Street between Duke Street and Queen Street in Alexandria, Virginia, and River Road in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, where water was approaching residences.

The Maryland Department of Emergency Management raised the state activation level to the second-highest, and about 20 Maryland National Guard soldiers are on active duty as the storm continues, with 10 vehicles available at the Easton and Salisbury armories as a precaution in case they are needed for emergency and rescue purposes.

Click through the slideshow above to see images of the floods.

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