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Updated: Harris Teeter on S. Glebe Closes Due to Flooding
No word on cause of flooding or when the grocery store will reopen.
8 a.m. Saturday update — Harris Teeter will remain closed Saturday and "potentially the next several days," according to an employee at the grocery store's customer service desk.
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The Harris Teeter at the corner of Jefferson Davis Highway and S. Glebe Road closed early Friday evening because of interior flooding at the grocery store.
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Attendants were steering shoppers away from the building’s parking garage. Residents at the 476-unit The Eclipse complex above the Harris Teeter were still allowed to enter the garage.
Harris Teeter employees said they did not know the cause of the flooding.
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A bevy of trucks from Magnolia Plumbing and Purofirst were parked outside the mixed-use building on both S. Glebe and Route 1. Pump trucks parked along the northbound right-hand turn lane on Route 1 to deal with the water.
“It was real bad,” said a Magnolia Plumbing employee on site around 6:40 p.m. “It’s a lot better now.”
No word on when the Harris Teeter will reopen.
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