Mother Nature turned malevolent in summer 2006, unleashing an unexpected and unprecedented storm that ravaged Virginia communities near the Potomac River.

Nowhere was the wrenching devastation of the storm so apparent as in Fairfax County’s Huntington area. Neighborhoods around Arlington Terrace sustained millions of dollars worth of damage when nearby Cameron Run burst through its banks and slammed a wall of putrid water into scores of houses in late June. Property damage assessments for Huntington and nearby portions of Alexandria that also saw heavy flooding ran in the millions.