RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — It’s Flood Awareness Week, and the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) is reminding people of a tool they can use to check their flood risk level.

Devastating, life-threatening floods have already started in some states as an atmospheric river causes heavy rainfall.

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These maps provide floodplain data and flood hazard ... and Recreation’s website has more information about Virginia Flood Awareness Week.