Snow and ice left dozens of vehicles disabled or stuck last Thursday afternoon on a highway north of Charlottesville, Virginia.
The Virginia Department of transportation claimed that the highway was closed for a few hours at the Greene county line to Dyke Road in Stanardsville. There were at least 30 drivers stuck on the road Swift Run Gap.
Sgt. Brent Coffey of the Virginia State Police reported 50 to 75 disabled cars on the mountain. There have been a few crashes on the road, but no injuries were reported.
U.S. 33 is the route most used by travelers between the Charlottesville and Shenandoah Valley as Myers mentioned. In addition, it is an access point to Shenandoah National Park.
Tow trucks and snow plows were working to clear the highway on Thursday, and it was reopened around 17:00.
Brian Donegan, a meteorologist said the wet and heavy snow started in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia as a coastal storm moved up the East Coast. The snow was perceived mainly above 3000 feet above the ground.
A winter storm warning remains in place for the Blue Ridge Mountains until 10 p.m.
Some flooding was produced in some parts of Virginia as soaking rain occurred in the rest of the mid-Atlantic.
Numerous secondary roads were closed by the flooding as the transportation department mentioned.
