FRANKLIN COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) – We’ve been discussing it for weeks that we are in a drought.
Despite recent rain, we need more and a lot of it. The dry stretch has our bodies of water below normal levels.
Carvins Cove, which supplies drinking water for most of the Roanoke Valley, is around 12 feet below where it should be. Meanwhile Smith Mountain Lake, a popular recreation spot, is around four feet lower than where it should be…