Traffic & Transit
Flooding, Road Closures Affecting Areas Of Fairfax County
Heavy rain brought another round of flooding, downed trees and road closures overnight.

The flooding that appeared overnight Wednesday seemed like deja vu for many in the DC region. A new bout of rain have resulted in saturated grounds, downed trees and flooding, according to the National Weather Service.
Forecasters say flooding is ongoing Wednesday morning west of DC. In particular, streams such as Broad Run near Manassas and Difficult Run in Fairfax are experiencing high water levels.
Here are road closures reported by Fairfax County Police as of 10 a.m.
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Annandale
- 3540 block of Woodburn Road: Water in the roadway
- Braeburn Drive at Pontiac Drive: Tree down
Chantilly
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- Melville Lane at Sand Rock Lane: Tree down
Clifton
- 12300 block of Chapel Road: Water in the roadway (reopened)
- Compton Road at Compton Heights Circle: Water in the roadway (reopened)
- Compton Road at Balmoral Forest Road: Water in the roadway and tree down (reopened)
Fairfax
- 3400 block of Prosperity Avenue: Water in the roadway
- Summit Drive at Chronical Drive: Damaged roadway
Fairfax Station
- Fairfax Station Road between Innisvale Drive and Moonpatterns Trail: Water in the roadway
Falls Church
- Leesburg Pike westbound under I-66: Water in the roadway (reopened)
Great Falls
- Leigh Mill Road at Leigh Mill Court: Water in the roadway and tree down (reopened)
- Walker Road at Park Royal Drive: Water in the roadway (reopened)
- Springvale Road at Crippen Court: Water in the roadway (reopened)
- Springvale Road at Brevity Drive: Water in the roadway (reopened)
- Riverbend Road at Mine Run Road: Water in the roadway (reopened)
- Walkers Mill Road at Walker Road: Water in the roadway (reopened)
Herndon
- Bennett Road at Wynnewood Place: Tree down
Oakton
- Waples Mill Road at Fox Mill Road: Water in the roadway (reopened)
- Fox Mill Road at Deerfield Drive: Water in the roadway (reopened)
- Fox Mill Road at Fox Mill Manor Drive: Water in the roadway (reopened)
- Stuart Mill Road at Twin Mill Lane: Wires down (reopened)
- Miller Heights Road at Blenheim Drive: Tree down
- Honda Road at Lariat Lane: Water in the roadway
Reston
- Soapstone Drive at Lawyers Road: Tree down (reopened)
- Birdfoot Lane at Stuart Mill Road: Water in the roadway (reopened)
Sully
- Fox Mill Road at Shady Mill Lane: Road blocked
Vienna
- Beulah Road between Browns Mill Road and Mill Race Estates Drive: Water in the roadway (reopened)
- Leesburg Pike eastbound at Serenity Woods Lane: Water in the roadway (reopened)
- 10050 block of Browns Mill Road: Mud and water in the roadway
- Hunter Mill Road at Hunter Station Road: Water in the roadway
- Hunter Mill Road at Cedar Pond Drive: Water in the roadway
- Hunters Den Lane at Hunter Station Road: Water in the roadway (reopened)
- Lawyers Road at Whippoorwill Road: Water in the roadway (reopened)
Video with daylight of Hunter Mill Rd. in Vienna. The creek running under the road spilled over. The current is a reminder to drivers about why it’s so dangerous to try to drive through a flooded road. The driver of that car at the end attempted and had to be rescued. pic.twitter.com/6kP5mjABGx
— Cheryl Conner Costello (@CherylCCostello) August 1, 2018
Difficult Run Creek is flooding Hunter Mill Rd in Oakton. pic.twitter.com/X0GCYTmxN1
— Neal Augenstein (@AugensteinWTOP) August 1, 2018
.@ffxfirerescue busy with several swift water rescues this morning. My video here at 3:30am on Fairfax Station Road. @fox5dc @fairfaxcounty pic.twitter.com/lHgSapviUE
— Melanie Alnwick (@fox5melanie) August 1, 2018
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