Updates to Virginia’s flood plan aim to help communities prepare for future flooding

Updates to Virginia’s flood plan aim to help communities prepare for future flooding

A flooded road in Chesterfield in 2020. (Photo courtesy of NBC12)Major flooding that battered the commonwealth last year after Hurricane Helene and the Presidents Day flooding earlier this year, showed that communities across the state — not just on the coast — need to know the potential impact of storms. As a result and because of recent legislation, the state is working to update its flood protection plan, 20 years after the last update to it,…