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tunate this time. There’s damage around some of the bridge abutments that we’ll have to repair but that’s all. To the bridges, at least.”
The roads are another story. “We got 6‘/a to 7 inches of rain countywide. You’ve got to figure that’s 100 percent run off because the ground’s froien,” Askew said. He reported that both the Potomac and Rappahannock rivers hit their highest points since tropical storm Agnes in 1972. “And we got 12 inches of rain in Agnes,” Askew added.
According to the National Park Service, the Potomac crested at nearly four feet above flood level at 9 a.m. on. Thursday at Little Falls near the District of Columbia line. By noon that day, the river was flowing at a rate of 142 billion gallons. Tropical Storm Agnes generated a flow of 232 billion gallons. The river’s normal February flow is 10.2 billion gallons.
Worst Damage In Hollows
“Water runs downhill and it sure did,” said Askew.
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