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A flood in the mountains: 50 years later, Nelson County remembers Camille’s devastation
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A flood in the mountains: 50 years later, Nelson County remembers Camille’s devastation

Fifty years ago, man first walked on the moon and a music festival in Woodstock, New York, signaled a generational shift. As iconic as those events are, that’s not what Nelson County remembers about 1969, when the remnants of Hurricane Camille latched onto the mountains the evening of August 19 and dumped around three feet […]

Lisa Provence | August 14, 2019

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A flood in the mountains: 50 years later, Nelson County remembers Camille’s devastation

Fifty years ago, man first walked on the moon and a music festival in Woodstock, New York, signaled a generational shift. As iconic as those events are, that’s not what Nelson County remembers about 1969, when the remnants of Hurricane Camille latched onto the mountains the evening of August 19 and dumped around three feet […]

Lisa Provence | August 14, 2019

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In brief: The city’s biggest hurricane hits, bold protest signs and more

Charlottesville’s inland location has helped it dodge the likes of Hurricane Harvey and Irma, but it’s gotten slammed in the past. Hurricane Isabel September 19-20, 2003 By the time it hit Virginia, Isabel was a Category 1 storm. Nonetheless, it was a killer, taking 32 lives in the state directly or indirectly, according to the […]

C-VILLE Writers | September 13, 2017

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