
RICHMOND, VA – Governors in the Mid-Atlantic region have declared states of emergency in anticipation of Tropical Storm Ophelia, which began affecting North Carolina on Friday and is expected to impact parts of Virginia, Delaware, and Maryland. Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin announced the state of emergency on Friday, warning residents to prepare for high surf, coastal flooding, and tropical storm force winds along the Chesapeake Bay and tidal areas of the Potomac River. The National Weather Service has issued tropical storm and storm surge warnings for much of the impacted...