The Shadow
The Alleghany Highlands spent Monday digging out from winter storm Diego that dumped 12 to 20 inches of snow across the region.
Schools in Alleghany County, Bath County and Covington were closed.
Alleghany County, Bath County and Covington city offices were also closed for the day. The Covington City School Board reschdeuled a Monday meeting until Dec. 17.
Gov. Ralph Northam declared a statewide state of emergency Friday in anticipation of the storm.
Ryan Muterspaugh, public safety director for Alleghany County, said snowfall totals in the county ranged from 12 to 20 inches.
On Sunday, a tractor-trailer hauling milk overturned on Interstate 64 in western Alleghany County.
“Other than that, we didn’t have any major issues that I’m aware of,” Muterspaugh said. “I?think people listened, for the most part, and stayed off of the roads.”
No major power outages were reported in the county.
“There may have been some spotty outages, but there were no major outages that I was aware of,” Mut-erspaugh said.
No major problems were reported in Bath County.
The Virginia Department of Transportation is urging motorists to exercise caution during morning travel for the rest of the week.
Any snow that melts during the day will refreeze each night during the week as lows slip into the teens and 20s.
The National Weather Service is calling for dry conditions for much of the week. On Friday, a large system will bring rain to the region. The rain is predicted to continue through Saturday, before Sunday brings mostly sunny skies with temperatures in the 40s.
