The remnants of Hurricane Helene struck Virginia in September 2024, destroying structures, downing trees and causing widespread flooding. A year later, some agricultural producers are still recovering.
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Get the latest weather news, storm alerts, forecasts, and climate updates across Southwest and Southside Virginia from Cardinal News. Our local weather coverage tracks severe storms, flooding, snow, drought, and changing conditions impacting communities including the New River Valley, Roanoke Valley, Lynchburg, Danville, Martinsville, Bristol, Abingdon, Wytheville, and surrounding Appalachian and Blue Ridge regions.
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September often trends to extremes on rainfall — this one, so far, is dry
A coastal storm failed to deliver more than sprinkly rain over most of Southwest and Southside Virginia this week.
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Bedford County duo, Lexington woman vie for Cardinal Weather heat prediction contest victory
Unseasonably cool low temperatures for early September are a signal to wrap up the summer contest.
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After historically cool August, is summer really over? And might early coolness portend a colder winter?
It was the coolest August on record at Danville and among a few chillier Augusts in many decades of records at several other Virginia locations.
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A summer of downpours and stickiness, but not widespread rain or prolonged extreme heat
The last week of August is bringing the opposite of the stickiness that defined much of this summer.
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Flash flooding engulfs Roanoke Valley streets, leading to swift-water rescues
Rainfall of 3 to 5 inches poured down in less than two hours as a narrow line of storms slowly moved over the same locations repeatedly.
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How Hurricane Erin may help this August finish as one of our coolest on record
Cooler weather pattern bumping Erin out to sea, and Erin’s spin enhancing the cooler weather pattern.
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This week 85 years ago: A flood that still hasn’t been topped at some southern Virginia locations
The remnants of a hurricane that struck the South Carolina coast lifted the New River to a height that even Hurricane Helene couldn’t quite match.
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August starts with historically cool days on heels of especially sticky July
Moisture is creeping back with showery days ahead, but hot temperatures look to stay away until next week.
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A hint of fall? Front breaks through heat, stickiness for much cooler weekend
Low temperatures dip into the 50s and highs stay below 80 in much of Southwest and Southside Virginia by Sunday.
