US EditionThis week 85 years ago: A flood that still hasn’t been topped at some southern Virginia locations
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This week 85 years ago: A flood that still hasn’t been topped at some southern Virginia locations
When the New River at Radford edged just over 31 feet — an amazing 17 feet above flood stage — last Sept. 28 with the overwhelming outpouring of Hurricane Helene swelling northward, there was one high water mark from the past that it didn’t top. A historic marker in Bisset Park shows the height that water reached in the August 1940 flood, the reigning record holder on the New River at Radford. Courtesy of Virginia Water Resources Research Cente…
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