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D.M.V. Drenched, Damaged by Storms | Afro

By Micha Green, AFRO D.C. Editor and Mark Gray, AFRO Staff Writer Downpours of rain drenched the nation’s capital on Sept. 10, causing major flooding and damage in the D.M.V. “Our basement was quickly inundated with two and a half inches of brown, muddy, water that covered most of the floor. The water was so […]

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