
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, July 3, 1995                   TAG: 9507030090
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

DRIER WEATHER FORECAST AS VA. CHECKS DAMAGE

Virginians whose homes and businesses were damaged by floods tried to get their lives back to normal Sunday. But for some, even routine activities such as attending a church service were snarled by destruction from the violent downpours.

Eight people have been confirmed dead in the storms that soaked the state for more than a week. The Virginia Department of Emergency Services said Sunday it had received no additional reports of missing persons.

Damages were estimated Sunday at $112 million and counting, said Barbara Moore-Scruggs, a department spokeswoman.

All flash-flood warnings and watches expired Saturday night.

``We're really entering the recovery stage now,'' Moore-Scruggs said.

The National Weather Service forecast a reprieve from rain early this week. Sunday's partly sunny conditions were expected to continue today, although scattered thunderstorms are predicted for Tuesday through Thursday.

``We have two good days to dry, and a lot of the rivers are going down right now,'' said Rich Kane, a meteorologist in the Weather Service's Blacksburg office.

Moore-Scruggs said state disaster teams surveyed damage Sunday in Lynchburg and the counties of Albemarle, Augusta, Bath, Campbell, Culpeper, Giles, Madison and Orange.

Keywords:
FATALITY

by CNB