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WASHINGTON COUNTY, Va. (WJHL)— The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) began assessing flood damage in Washington County, Virginia on Thursday. On Thursday morning, county officials met ...
A state of emergency was declared in the Virginia Beach area after an enormous tornado caused damage to more than 100 homes on Sunday evening. According to city officials, no injuries or ...
Get the Galax, VA local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
The storm surge flooded a parking lot at the Reagan National Airport. Damage in the county totaled $2.5 million (2003 USD, $2.9 million 2008 USD). [14] Falling trees caused major damage to 15 homes in the city of Fairfax, and damage throughout Fairfax County totaled $18 million (2003 USD, $21 million 2008 USD). [14]
The tornado caused minor damage to an additional 49 homes, major damage to 13 homes and destroyed two other homes in Hopewell. The tornado exited Hopewell, weakened to an F0, and dissipated in Charles City County. From start to finish, this storm caused 4 deaths and 246 injuries.
Historical marker at Galax. The area that later became Galax was part of an 800-acre (320 ha) land grant given to James Buchanan in 1756 by the British Crown. The first plat map for Galax is dated December 1903; [5] The town founders selected the site for the city on a wide expanse of meadowland bisected by Chestnut Creek and sitting at an altitude of 2,500 feet (760 m) on a plateau. [6]
At least one person is dead as a powerful storm batters the eastern half of the US with dangerous flooding, prompting hurried evacuations, widespread road closures and hazardous travel conditions ...
The day 1 outlook for December 28, issued by the Storm Prediction Center. A moderate (4/5) risk was issued by the Storm Prediction Center for December 28, as a shortwave trough was expected to move through Texas and Louisiana, with the risk area also extending into Mississippi and extreme south bringing the expectation of large hail and multiple tornadoes, some being strong (EF2+).