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

DATE: MONDAY, June 12, 1995                   TAG: 9506120093
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-5   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WAYNESBORO                                LENGTH: Short

WAYNESBORO STORM DAMAGE: ABOUT $2 MILLION

A weekend storm that blew roofs off homes and businesses and downed numerous trees caused an estimated $2 million in property damage, authorities said Sunday.

No one was seriously injured in Saturday's storm, but about 10 to 20 homes and businesses were damaged, said Gary Critzer, director of emergency operations in Waynesboro.

Ed Clark, president of the Wildlife Center of Virginia, urged people cleaning up downed trees to be on the lookout for baby animals. Owls, woodpeckers and squirrels nesting in branches may have been injured when trees fell, he said. ``It's something that people don't think about as they are clearing debris,'' he said. ``But right now is the peak time for baby birds.''

Severe thunderstorm warnings were in effect for most of the state at one time or another Sunday. Two inches of rain fell in an hour in Prince Edward County.

- Associated Press

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