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A coastal flood warning is in effect in southeastern Virginia and moderate to major flooding is expected at time of high tide the next few days. A coastal flood warning is in effect in ...
The Blackwater River of southeastern Virginia flows from its source near the city of Petersburg, Virginia for about 105 miles (170 km) through the Inner Coastal Plain region of Virginia (part of the Atlantic Coastal Plain). The Blackwater joins the Nottoway River to form the Chowan River, which empties into Albemarle Sound.
The November 2009 nor'easter (also referred to as "Nor'Ida") was a powerful autumn nor'easter that caused widespread damage throughout the east coast of the United States. . This extratropical cyclone formed in relation to Hurricane Ida's remnant mid-level circulation across southeastern Georgia and moved east-northeast offshore North Carolina, before slowly dropping south and southeast over ...
Photos from countries vulnerable to climate change dominate this year’s awards. Flood, drought and plastic pollution: Environmental Photographer of the Year competition shows a planet in peril ...
During the warm late Eocene, sea levels were high, and the tidewater region of Virginia lay in the coastal shallows. The shore of eastern North America, about where Richmond, Virginia is today, was covered with thick tropical rainforest, and the waters of the gently sloping continental shelf were rich with marine life that was depositing dense layers of lime from their microscopic shells.
DEQ has divided Virginia into 13 drought evaluation regions named for the major rivers that flow through them. Locally, Dinwiddie, Prince George, Surry and Sussex counties are in the Chowan region.
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 ...
Drought, which rapidly expanded in Ohio and West Virginia late in the summer, has now stretched into the Northeast. ... There will be a chance for spotty rain to reach the coast of northern New ...