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Virginia agencies assist Texas flood recovery, share how state prepares for dangerous weather events
After tragic flooding in Texas claimed dozens of lives and wreaked havoc in several communities, Virginia weather and emergency officials are pitching in to the Lone Star State’s recovery efforts and sharing how they prepare for major weather events here at home.. Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Sunday announced two of the state’s swift water rescue teams have been deployed to assist with rescue operations in Texas, as the state braces for more rain after flash flooding devastated its central region. The rescue teams are equipped with gear that is meant for traversing treacherous waters.
MS-13 are just sliver of gang population in Virginia’s prisons
In May, a group of inmates said to be members of MS-13 assaulted corrections officers at Wallens Ridge, one of Virginia’s two supermax state prisons. In a video leaked to a local TV news outlet, a man surprises a Wallens Ridge prison guard with a haymaker. Then more inmates in the prison pod join in a violent beating of a prone corrections officer, who is rescued by a colleague who aerosolized the pod. . . . Despite the attention that MS-13 commands, data from the Virginia Department of Corrections show that international gang comprises a sliver of total gang members in Virginia’s prison system, which remain filled with American criminal organizations. For every MS-13 member in a Virginia prison, there are dozens from gangs such as the Bloods, Crips, white supremacists and others.