June 26, 2006

High Water in Virginia

jordan park under waterWe stopped at Jordan Point Park in Lexington this morning and found part of the park under water. The Maury River was out of its banks, nowhere near its historic floodwater levels but rising - and the rain continued after that.

After a dry spring, western Virginia has had several days of rain and may get even more. I hear that communities lower down are suffering flooding, including the Washington DC area.

duck
A duck watches the river rise

floodwaters at lexington
The Maury River surges under the Route 11 Bridge

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