RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Governor Glenn Youngkin delivered an update on the status of various regions in Virginia following Sunday’s winter storm, including the water outage affecting the metro Richmond area.
Winter Storm across Virginia
Youngkin began by recapping how Virginia handled the winter storm that hit the region on Sunday, Jan. 5.
“Last Friday, I issued a declaration of a state of emergency in advance of what we knew was going to be a big snowstorm,” he said. “And, when it blew through starting on Sunday on southwest Virginia … we were well-prepared. But it was a big storm.”
Around 9,000 pieces of VDOT equipment were prepositioned in preparation for the snow and ice the storm brought, according to Youngkin…