Department of Conservation and Recreation
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Department of Conservation and Recreation
The Atlantic hurricane season is June 1-Nov. 30. Flooding, not wind, is the major cause of damage from a hurricane.
Floods don’t just hit coastal Virginia. In 2024, Hurricane Helene devastated Southwest Virginia. Just years earlier, in 2021, the remnants of Hurricane Ida caused devastating floods and mudslides in Buchanan County. In 2018, Hurricanes Florence and Michael tore through central and western areas of the state. During Hurricane Michael, the Dan River region alone suffered roughly $12.9 million in damages. Floods aren’t limited to mapped flood risk areas either. In fact, many of the 2,000 homes that were flooded in 2016 during Hurricane Matthew were outside the mapped floodplain.
See the below resources related to preparedness during Atlantic hurricane season.
Virginia Department of Emergency Management
Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
Department of Homeland Security
