ROANOKE — The flooding caused by the remnants of Hurricane Agnes 50 years ago in June 1972 largely was eclipsed locally by the pre-eminent weather event of the Lynchburg-area weather history 13 years later, the mighty Flood of ’85. At the time, it was a major disaster in its own right for Roanoke, Lynchburg and Richmond, and on a broader scale it remains one of ...
