Valley Forecast: Showers and Storms Through Weekend
Cloudy today with a 50 percent chance of showers and afternoon thunderstorms and highs around 80. Tonight a 40 percent shower and storm chance with mid sixty degree lows. Saturday mostly cloudy with a 30 percent shower and afternoon thunderstorm and highs near 80. Saturday through Monday variable clouds bring scattered showers and thunderstorms each day with highs in the 80s and lows mid 60s to low 70s.
Regional Forecasts Virginia and West Virginia Today
Regional forecast notes showers and thunderstorms possible across Virginia today and tonight with clearing in the southeast. Highs 80 to 85. Partly sunny east and mostly cloudy west Saturday with thunderstorms possible and highs in the 80s. In West Virginia partly cloudy today and tonight through Saturday with showers and thunderstorms possible highs in the low to mid 80s today and upper 70s to mid 80s Saturday. Lows tonight in the 60s.
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Supreme Court rules UVA funding of religious magazine unconstitutional
The court held that subsidizing printing for a Christian student magazine violated free speech, despite concerns about church state separation. Justices Kennedy OConnor Scalia Thomas Rehnquist formed the majority while Stevens Ginsburg Breyer dissented, signaling a shift in balancing speech and religion at public universities.
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McGehee notes 13 flood-control dams in the South River watershed retain 37 percent of flow, limiting water level rise in Waynesboro. Evacuations affected over half of about 150 nearby families. six sought shelter at Stuarts Draft High School. IFLOWS data and Wilson Fire Department checks guided decisions. Weather service forecasts scattered showers, with risks of heavier storms if rain intensifies. Fire crews rescue campers and pets at Howe Quarry as park power outages affect Big Meadows Lodge. many Shenandoah trails closed or rerouted due to rain damage and road washouts across Augusta, Rockingham, Shenandoah, and Page counties.
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Flooding Strands Residents as Waters Hit Virginia Campgrounds
Floodwaters contaminated water and cut electricity to wells in Buena Vista Syria Wolftown and Lexington. National Guard units delivered drinking water and cleared debris while roads washed out leaving residents stranded. Watches posted for southwest Virginia and southern Shenandoah Valley. Rescue paused for 3 year old Alexa Orantes amid ongoing floods.
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