ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Saturday marks 38 years since the historic flood of 1985 in Southwest Virginia, which is still considered one of the worst natural disasters to ever impact our area.

Nearly 40 years after historic flooding left downtown Roanoke underwater, the flood of 1985 is still etched into the city’s ...

ROANOKE, Va. – It has been nearly 35 years ... and left behind millions of dollars in damage. The flood happened on November 4, 1985, but a new exhibit at City Market aims to teach those who ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Many remember November 4, 1985, as a day of chaos in Southwest Virginia as flood waters quickly submerged our hometowns. Roanoke residents were left in a state of confusion ...

Consider nothing else. That is what makes the Flood of 1985, which happened 30 years ago Wednesday, the Roanoke Valley’s biggest weather event in history. Nothing else — not snowstorms ...

The park is a symbol of how the flood of Nov. 4, 1985, altered lives and ... rank as more deadly Virginia natural disasters in recent years. Roanoke officials had been talking up a flood control ...

ROANOKE, Va. – Those of you that were around here in November of 1985 know that flood to be the benchmark rain event in the Roanoke Valley. Those of you who weren’t got just a little taste of ...

While the next couple days will be seasonably warm and fair, over 30 years ago, an unforgettable flood disrupted the election of 1985 ... in Virginia and was the worst flood for Roanoke.

Roanoke, VA - A Roanoke neighborhood hit hard ... She moved in the year before the devastating flood of 1985 and says she has also heard the city talk about buyouts. "After the flood of '85 ...

The City of Roanoke recently secured a grant from the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation to develop a "Roanoke Flood Resilience Plan." The end goal is to create a system that will ...