LYNCHBURG — Heavy rainfall that fell on the area over the past two days should abate Friday after causing closed roads, downed trees, cresting rivers and at least one fatality.

The weather is blamed in the death of an Amherst County man early Thursday on Virginia 56 in Nelson County — one of three weather-related fatalities statewide.

Alger H. Fleming, 66, died after he was hit by a tractor-trailer carrying logs.

Rains from Tropical Storm Hanna fell in Waynesboro and parts of Augusta County early Saturday, but not in large enough quantities to cause flooding along the South River.

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