For my evening commute, I took Metrorail from Gallery Place to the Pentagon. There, I was going to catch a bus to Alexandria. As I was standing on the platform, I could see lightning flashes beyond the clouds. I though, when was the last time I saw lightning?
Just as the bus left the Pentagon, at 5:59 p.m., the skies opened up. It just poured and poured for the next twenty minutes. It finally lightened up as I got off the bus. Good timing, that.
Powerful storm kills 3 in Virginia, raising death toll to 6
By KEVIN MCGILL and CHEVEL JOHNSON
February 24, 2016 7:52 pm
WAVERLY, Va. (AP) — A powerful storm system swept across the East Coast on Wednesday, killing three people in Virginia and knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses in the region.
A day earlier, the system spawned about two dozen tornadoes along the Gulf Coast, damaging hundreds of homes in Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida. Three people were killed and dozens were injured.
Forecasters warned the threat wasn’t over and that more than 88 million people were at risk Wednesday of seeing some sort of severe weather. In the Midwest, heavy snow and biting winds led to mass flight cancellations at Chicago airports and school closings in several states.
In Virginia, Gov. Terry McAuliffe declared a state of emergency Wednesday evening. The tiny farming town of Waverly in the state’s peanut-growing region took the brunt of the storm. The Virginia State Police said at least five structures were damaged in the town of approximately 2,000.
Two men, 2-year-old boy killed in Waverly storm; Gov. McAuliffe declares state of emergency
Posted: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 6:55 pm
From staff and wire reports
Two men and a 2-year-old boy were killed as their mobile home was destroyed in the storm that struck Waverly Wednesday afternoon, said Corinne Geller, a state police spokeswoman.
"A 50-year-old male, 26-year-old male and 2-year-old male were killed when their mobile home was destroyed in the storm," she said in an emailed news release. "All three were found approximately 300 yards from the mobile home. The bodies were transported to the Office of the Medical Examiner in Norfolk for positive identification."
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Governor declares state of emergency
Gov. Terry McAuliffe declared a state of emergency late Wednesday after an afternoon and evening of strong storms and apparent tornadoes, according to the governor's office.
In a statement, the governor's office said the emergency declaration will clear the way for public safety agencies including the Virginia National Guard, Virginia State Police, the Department of Emergency Management and the Department of Transportation "to devote every available resource to storm response and recovery."
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