Clinchport News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana
Stay updated with breaking news from Clinchport. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Top News In Clinchport Today - Breaking & Trending Today
Calendar turns to 95th anniversary of Rye Cove's deadly tornado of 1929 electric949.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from electric949.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Officials monitor visitors to prevent trespassing on train tracks cutting through Natural Tunnel State Park. But Saturday, guests are invited to do just that: Walk the tracks through the tunnel. ....
SUMMARY The Rye Cove Cyclone is the deadliest tornado in Virginia history. Part of an unusual outbreak of tornadoes across the eastern United States on May 2, 1929, it hit the Rye Cove School in the Appalachian highlands of Scott County in the southwestern part of the state, killing twelve students and one teacher and injuring fifty-four. Tornadoes also hit two school houses in Bath County later that day, but both schools had already dismissed students for the day. Scott County native A. P. Carter, of the singing group the Carter Family, volunteered to help in the wake of the tragedy, and the group recorded “The Cyclone of Rye Cove” later that year. The school’s 1929–1930 term was canceled, and a memorial school dedicated in 1930. ....