VIRGINIA BEACH - Some Virginia Beach families are worried the next big storm could wipe out their homes. Shelton Wetherington lives on the water near Chick's Beach, where erosion is getting severe. He ...

Machine operator Craig Powell, owner of Sealevel Bulkhead Builders of Kingston, begins to chip away the old culvert at the mouth to Chico Creek. The culvert was removed last summer. (LARRY STEAGALL) ...