On Virginia’s vulnerable coast, fear of flooding on the rise
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — When floodwaters poured into Holly Furlong’s Virginia Beach home in October, she ripped out electrical cords and rushed her four children upstairs. They spent the next two days without power, building blanket forts while anxiously waiting for sewage-tainted waters to recede.
Nearly two months later, Furlong, 34, said she’s being treated for post-traumatic stress disorder.
“It changes your sense of security,” she said of the flooding that inundated 1,400 homes and business in Virginia Beach after weeks of rain.