Study: Virginia's Extreme Weather Becoming More Common, More Severe
New report says nine of 10 Virginians live in areas hit by recent weather extremes. Since 2006, Alexandria has experienced five federally declared weather-related disasters.
Standing at Old Town Alexandria’s most notorious block for nuisance flooding and worse, Environment Virginia released a new report Thursday morning revealing that nine in 10 Virginians live in areas hit by recent weather disasters. The new report, “In the Path of the Storm: Global Warming, Extreme Weather and the Impacts of Weather-Related Disasters in the United States,” examines county-level weather-related disaster declaration data from the Federal Emergency Management Agency from 2006 through 2011. Since 2006, Alexandria has experienced five federally declared weather-related disasters, including the severe winter storms of 2009 and 2010 and the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee, said Environment Virginia Federal Field Organizer Sarah …
Sally Spangler
11:59 am on Tuesday, February 21, 2012
My bet, without looking where these problem areas are - is the other side of the road from the a park on built up marshland, the marshland itself and the low area one block south of Belle Haven - Park Terrace Drive etal- one thin block from GW Parkway. Looking at the ADC map for the area is shown swamp!!! The golf course is near there and there is always water on the course closest to Hunting … more ›