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DR-593-VADRFlood

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Major Disaster Declaration for Virginia, declared Jul 20, 1979, in 1 county.

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Declaration
DR-593-VA
Type
Major Disaster Declaration
State or territory
Virginia
Incident type
Flood
Declared
Jul 20, 1979
Requested
Jul 18, 1979 · request 79061
Incident began
Jul 20, 1979
Incident ended
Jul 20, 1979
Incident period
1 day
Closed out
May 29, 1984
Fiscal year
1979
FEMA region
Region 3
Designated incident types
Severe storm

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