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Governor Youngkin delivers remarks on the impacts of tropical storm Helene in Virginia

Governor Youngkin references an evacuation notice in August county and the Augusta County Emergency Communications Center shared on their Facebook page that evacuations are in progress for the Creekside mobile home park due to expected flooding.

As of 4:45pm Friday, 9/27/24, Power Outage US reports approximately 23,000 outages in our region.

8,500 in Waynesboro City
5,300 in Augusta County
4,500 in Rockingham County
1,300 in Bath County
1,300 in Rockbridge County
1,100 in Albemarle County
1,000 in Prince Edward County

At 3:25pm - The National Weather service in Sterling issued a Tornado Warning for West central Albemarle County, near Crozet. The warning expired at 4pm.

 

Matt Bingay is the Executive Director and General Manager for WMRA and WEMC.