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Recent rain helped, but drought conditions expected to worsen
2+ hour, 12+ min ago (417+ words) RICHMOND, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) " Almost all of Virginia remains under a drought warning advisory. The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and the Drought Monitoring Task Force recently decided to continue the existing advisories despite the significant rainfall across the Commonwealth last…...
City officials say water supply remains strong despite dry conditions
2+ week, 5+ day ago (346+ words) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- The Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority say the region's reservoirs are still going strong despite ongoing concerns about drought conditions across Virginia. "We're not calling any alarms yet," said Westley Kern with RWSA. "We are seeing the…...
Japan issues warning after 7. 7-magnitude quake hits north
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (655+ words) Headline: Freeze Warning from TUE 2: 00 AM EDT until TUE 10: 00 AM EDT Headline: Freeze Warning from TUE 12: 00 AM EDT until TUE 9: 00 AM EDT Japanese seismologists warn that more quakes could hit the area within the coming days The jolt was so…...
Most of Virginia now under watch for drought
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (197+ words) RICHMOND, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- Most of Virginia is now under a drought watch advisory, and more than 20 counties are under a drought warning advisory. That's according to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, which updated its advisory information on Tuesday. There…...