Richmond, VA (WRIC) – In the latest round of severe weather to affect Virginia, just after 6 p.m. on Monday, Aug.14, there was a report of a waterspout that occurred just to the west of Tangier Island ...
As the ferry approaches Tangier, Captain Steven Thomas tells a well-rehearsed history of the island, where crabbing has shaped the culture. He points out a handful of tiny buildings on stilts in the ...
VIRGINIA, USA — Tangier Island sits in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay between the Eastern Shore and the Northern Neck of Virginia, accessible only by boat or a small plane. Everyone knows everyone, ...
The imperiled Tangier Island was the location for a meeting of federal, state and local entities who gathered to outline solutions for one of the communities most at risk from sea level rise. The ...
ACCOMACK COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Tangier Island, a small Virginia island in the Chesapeake Bay, has been awarded a $2.3 million grant for environmental protection and mitigation projects. According to ...
Burke Moeller has visited scores of counties in the Old Dominion to film the Virginia Farm Bureau’s “Real Virginia” series over five years, but little prepared him for Tangier Island. The video ...
Tangier Island in Virginia — one of the last inhabited islands in the Chesapeake Bay — is under threat from rising sea levels and climate change. This small Virginia island could be underwater before ...