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Winter Storm Blair is spreading snow from Illinois to Virginia and Maryland. Heavy snow is being reported in both Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, where visibility is down to ⅛ to ¼ of a mile.
The storm has broken daily snowfall records in Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio and West Virginia and could knock down other records as it continues to disrupt road and air travel and shutter schools and ...
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice declared a state of emergency Sunday afternoon for all 55 counties in the state due to Winter Storm Blair. He said National Guard troops and equipment are being ...
Winter storm advisories issued by the NWS throughout January 3 extended approximately 1,500 mi (2,400 km) from western Kansas to West Virginia, marking one of the most extensive winter weather warning areas in the 2024-25 North American winter season up to the beginning of 2025. [10]
West Virginia also declared a state of emergency for 21 counties. [4] President Joe Biden approved a major disaster declaration for portions of Kentucky, [ 129 ] and several counties in West Virginia also qualified for individual assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which allowed storm victims to receive federal money ...
The last direct death from a tornado in West Virginia was in June 1982. A sixth tornado affected Wirt County, West Virginia. [34] [35] April 27, 2011 – West Virginia was on the northern fringe of the large severe weather outbreak that occurred across the southern states, northeast into Virginia. A strengthening low pressure center tracked ...
In Virginia, state police said they had responded to more than 200 crashes between 4 p.m. Sunday and 4 a.m. Monday, although not all of the incidents were storm related. Several accidents included ...
The 1985 Election Day floods — also known as the Killer Floods of 1985 in West Virginia [1] — produced the costliest floods in both West Virginia and Virginia in November 1985. The event occurred after Hurricane Juan , a tropical cyclone in the 1985 Atlantic hurricane season , meandered near the coast of Louisiana before striking just west ...