Six tornadoes confirmed in Virginia
The National Weather Service has confirmed that the remnants of Hurricane Florence spawned a total of six tornadoes in Virginia earlier this week.
Five of the tornadoes on Monday were spread across the Richmond area. A sixth tornado hit Mecklenburg County, near the North Carolina border, the same day.
News outlets report that teams from the National Weather Service in Wakefield, Virginia, surveyed damage from the storms Tuesday and confirmed the number at six.
The strongest tornado leveled a flooring company in Chesterfield, killing a man who worked there. That storm was categorized as an EF2 tornado, with winds of 120 miles per hour.
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