This weekend’s rainy weather apparently contributed to a fatal crash on the Capital Beltway (I-495) in Springfield, police say.
Virginia State Police troopers responded at 4:40 a.m. on Saturday (Oct. 3) to westbound I-495 for a single-vehicle crash at the 170-mile marker near the interchange with I-95 and I-395, a tangle of highways often called the Springfield Mixing Bowl.
The second half of September at last doused Northern Virginia in enough rain to ease the drought that the region has faced for months.
The drought warning advisory in place for Fairfax County and the rest of Northern Virginia since January has de-escalated to a drought watch, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) announced last Friday (Oct. 2).
Fairfax County staff have proposed using $300,000 in unspent funds to support ongoing cleanup of Royal Lake Park in Burke following a devastating microburst in June.
The neighborhood was the hardest hit by a June 22 thunderstorm that knocked out power to more than 25,000 people across the county.
More than 16,000 residences and businesses in Fairfax County lack power following last night’s powerful thunderstorm.
As of 10 a.m., power outages were affecting approximately 16,464 Dominion Energy customers in the county, plus another 607 customers in Fairfax City, according to the utility’s outage map.
Update — The Tornado Watch was canceled for Fairfax County at 6:30 p.m., but a Severe Thunderstorm Watch is still in place until 10 p.m.
Earlier: Severe thunderstorm and tornado watches have been issued for Fairfax County and the rest of the D.C. region.
Skies look sunny where FFXnow is working in Vienna, as of press time, but the National Weather Service thinks that could change fast this evening.
The NWS has issued a Tornado Watch for Fairfax County and the rest of the D.C. region. Scheduled to stay in effect until 10 p.m. today (Wednesday), the alert replaces a Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued earlier this afternoon.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for Fairfax County and the rest of the D.C. area.
Expected to remain in place until 10 p.m. today (Tuesday), the watch says that scattered but severe thunderstorms are possible throughout the region.
Hazardous air quality levels due to wildfire smoke have been reported in the D.C. region, prompting cancellations of outdoor activities across Fairfax County.
Early this morning (Friday), the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) issued a Code Purple Air Quality Advisory for the region after conditions considered “very unhealthy” for everyone were recorded in D.C., Northern Virginia and parts of suburban Maryland by 9 a.m.
Fairfax County hasn’t yet seen clear evidence of the wildfires raging in Canada and Minnesota, but that could change tomorrow (Friday), as smoke continues wafting toward the East Coast.
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) are both forecasting Code Red air quality tomorrow for Northern Virginia and the greater D.C. region, meaning conditions will be unhealthy for everyone.
Fairfax County supervisors have taken a step to ease the burden of Burke-area families impacted by last month’s microburst.
The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously yesterday (Tuesday) to waive costs for homeowners depositing debris at the I-66 Transfer Station or I-95 Landfill through July 29.
