Downed power lines close part of Va. river

PORTSMOUTH, Va. - The Coast Guard has halted all water traffic within a half-mile of the James River Bridge while utility crews remove downed power lines from the water.

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This must be the same storm that Norfolk Mayor Fraim called "minor".

Let me see. Those thousands of pounds worth of power lines fell during a "minor" storm? Trees and phonepoles down.

Hey, it's the first time I have heard of this happening!