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You are the owner of this article.© 2020 Lee BHM Corp.|...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS INVIRGINIA...JAMES RIVER AT RICHMOND LOCKS AFFECTING CITY OF RICHMOND AND HENRICOCOUNTIESJAMES RIVER AT RICHMOND WESTHAM AFFECTING CHESTERFIELD...CITY OFRICHMOND AND HENRICO COUNTIESFOR THE LOWER JAMES BASIN...INCLUDING RICHMOND LOCKS...RICHMONDWESTHAM...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR...THE JAMES RIVER AT RICHMOND LOCKS* FROM LATE TONIGHT TO LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING ISCANCELLED.* AT 09:54 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.6 FEET.* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.* AT 9.0 FEET...THE ANCARROW'S BOAT LANDING IS CLOSED AT THIS LEVEL.THIS RIVER LEVEL IS COMPARABLE TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 8.8 FEET ON MAR15 2010.&amp;&amp;...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS INVIRGINIA...JAMES RIVER AT RICHMOND LOCKS AFFECTING CITY OF RICHMOND AND HENRICOCOUNTIESJAMES RIVER AT RICHMOND WESTHAM AFFECTING CHESTERFIELD...CITY OFRICHMOND AND HENRICO COUNTIESFOR THE LOWER JAMES BASIN...INCLUDING RICHMOND LOCKS...RICHMONDWESTHAM...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE....THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING...THEFLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR...THE JAMES RIVER AT RICHMOND WESTHAM* UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.* AT 09:30 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.5 FEET.* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.* FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 13.5 FEET BYTOMORROW MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLYSUNDAY MORNING.* AT 13.5 FEET...PORTIONS OF HUGUENOT FLATWATER PARK BEGIN TO FLOODTHIS RIVER LEVEL IS COMPARABLE TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 13.5 FEET ONDEC 12 2003.&amp;&amp;Help support our COVID-19 coverageWe're providing access to COVID-19 articles for free.Please help support our work by subscribing or signing up for an account.Already a subscriber? Log in.A Virginia ABC employee who was working during the coronavirus pandemic has died of COVID-19, the agency confirmed Thursday.An ABC spokeswoman wouldn’t release the employee’s name or work location, or what day the employee died.Dawn Eischen, ABC’s public relations manager, said ABC could not provide that information without violating the 1996 federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.That law, however, applies to health plans and certain health care providers. Asked for further explanation, Eischen said she was acting on guidance from the Virginia attorney general’s office and the state Department of Human Resource Management.Anne Waring, a spokeswoman for DHRM, said by email, “I am not aware of any guidance that DHRM provided related to your question regarding HIPAA.”She later emailed to say ABC did reach out to the department this week and that “DHRM advises all agencies to comply with the Privacy Rule within HIPAA as a best practice.”As of Thursday, 10 Virginia ABC employees had tested positive or been diagnosed with COVID-19, according to the agency’s public affairs department.Two employees at the ABC warehouse in Richmond tested positive, as did two employees at a Manassas location. One employee tested positive at Alexandria, Charlottesville, Falls Church, Virginia Beach and Woodbridge locations. And one employee of the central office has tested positive.Although churches, schools and most businesses in Virginia are closed during the pandemic, ABC stores have remained open. Sales there soared after Gov. Ralph Northam included ABC stores as an essential business during the crisis.The agency said in early April that it was closing two of its stores in Northern Virginia after two employees tested positive for COVID-19.The stores were the Huntington Gateway store in Alexandria and the Merrifield Plaza Shopping Center store in Falls Church. Both stores were to be closed for 14 days and deep-cleaned before reopening, the agency said last month.In March, a Richmond store closed for two weeks after an employee’s roommate tested positive for the virus, and a Virginia Beach store also closed for about a week when an employee there tested positive.Eischen said by email Friday that ABC has provided face masks for employees, and many ABC employees have chosen to wear their own during shifts.“ABC recently acquired a shipment of approximately 170,000 face masks allowing for an adequate supply of masks for all employees,” she wrote.But a requirement that employees wear a mask didn’t go into effect until Friday, she wrote.ABC customers are not required to wear masks. Some business, like Fresh Market grocery stores, require customers to wear masks.(804) 649-6061Twitter:Features Editor Karri Peifer contributed to this report.Are you an employee of Virginia ABC with information on how the coronavirus is affecting the agency and its employees? You can help The Times-Dispatch provide accurate reporting by emailing us at tdnow@timesdispatch.com×××Please keep it clean, turn off CAPS LOCK and don't threatenanyone. Be truthful, nice and proactive. Comments cannot be editedor deleted once posted. 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You are the owner of this article.© 2020 Lee BHM Corp.|...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS INVIRGINIA...JAMES RIVER AT RICHMOND LOCKS AFFECTING CITY OF RICHMOND AND HENRICOCOUNTIESJAMES RIVER AT RICHMOND WESTHAM AFFECTING CHESTERFIELD...CITY OFRICHMOND AND HENRICO COUNTIESFOR THE LOWER JAMES BASIN...INCLUDING RICHMOND LOCKS...RICHMONDWESTHAM...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR...THE JAMES RIVER AT RICHMOND LOCKS* FROM LATE TONIGHT TO LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING ISCANCELLED.* AT 09:54 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE...

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