Jail offers shelter to Va storm victims

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LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — Eleven days after the windstorm, more than 2,300 Amherst County residents remain without power.

To beat the heat, some chose to stay in an unlikely shelter — the old Amherst County Jail.

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