{"id":218521,"date":"2025-10-12T06:20:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T06:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/218521\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T06:20:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T06:20:07","slug":"danville-first-responders-remember-tropical-storm-michael","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/218521\/","title":{"rendered":"Danville first responders remember Tropical Storm Michael"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DANVILLE, Va. (WSET) \u2014 Seven years ago today, Tropical Storm Michael swept through Danville and Pittsylvania County.<\/p>\n<p>The storm was one of only four recorded Category 5 hurricanes to make landfall on the U.S. mainland, according to the National Weather Service. By the time it reached the Carolinas, it had weakened to a tropical storm but still proved deadly, claiming several lives in Virginia, spawning multiple tornadoes and causing millions of dollars in damage throughout the Danville area.<\/p>\n<p>Today, first responders remember the historic flooding and the challenges of that day.<\/p>\n<p>PAST COVERAGE: <a href=\"https:\/\/wset.com\/news\/local\/i-find-it-unbelievable-friends-family-devastated-after-danville-woman-dies-in-flooding#\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/wset.com\/news\/local\/i-find-it-unbelievable-friends-family-devastated-after-danville-woman-dies-in-flooding#\" class=\"themeColorForLinks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;I find it unbelievable&#8217;; Friends, family devastated after Danville woman dies in flooding<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Danville Life Saving and First Aid Crew, Inc. posted to Facebook in honor of the natural disaster&#8217;s anniversary. &#8220;Side by side with police, fire, and public works, we worked through pounding rain to reach stranded drivers and keep our community safe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Danville Special Operations team deployed boats, ropes and every piece of water rescue gear available at the time to assist in the devastation. &#8220;No matter the weather, we answer the call,&#8221; they said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DANVILLE, Va. (WSET) \u2014 Seven years ago today, Tropical Storm Michael swept through Danville and Pittsylvania County. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[123414,84064,192,21305,1023,123413,4252,79,14725,5148],"class_list":["post-218521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-category-5","tag-danville","tag-environment","tag-first-responders","tag-flooding","tag-hurricane-michael","tag-natural-disaster","tag-science","tag-tornadoes","tag-virginia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}