Evacuated Huntington residents back home after Sandy

Residents in the Huntington area of Fairfax County — evacuated from their homes Monday night as Superstorm Sandy battered the region — were breathing easier Tuesday after learning that the flood-prone Cameron Run’s waters didn’t rise nearly as high as officials had feared.

County officials feared the waterway might rise as much as nine feet, devastating a neighborhood that suffered severe flooding in 2006 and 2011. They ordered the evacuation of residents on Fenwick Drive and Arlington Terrace, the two streets closest to the water, and opened a nearby shelter to house them.