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By LOU HATTER
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Virginia Department of Transportation crews are working overtime to repair secondary roads in the county’s western end destroyed by flooding early last Saturday morning.
County maintenance supervisor Ron Marshall estimated that “50 to 60 miles” of roads will need to be repaired as a result of the rains. The extent of damage runs the garnet, Mr. Marshall said, from roadways stripped completely down to bedrock, while others need merely a surface regrading to repair erosion ditches. Of the county’s 214 miles of secondary roads, he said, about 25 percent received some damage.
There were no injuries reported as a result of the flooding, which began around 3 a.m. Saturday after heavy rains had been falling for several hours. Sperryville weatherwatcher Dennis Wingfield reported that the rain began shortly before midnight, and fell at the rate of one inch an hour until about 4 a.m.
His rain gauge recorded a total of 4.17 inches of rain during the storm.
About two dozen people left homes near the creeks, particularly
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