Dominion Power Outages: Storms Leave 900,000 In Virginia Without Electricity, Where To Get Updates
June 30, 2012 3:54 PM EDT
Dominion Virginia Power is working to restore electricity to more than 900,000 customers in Virginia after hurricane-like storms fueled wind gusts as high as 80 miles an hour across a large portion of the state Friday, causing widespread power outages, the company said.
Dominion Virginia Power is working to restore electricity to more than 900,000 customers in Virginia after hurricane-like storms fueled wind gusts as high as 80 miles an hour across a large portion of the state Friday that caused widespread power outages, the company said. Here is a map of power outages in northern Virginia.Share This Story
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Dominion cautioned that the heat wave gripping much of the East Coast, including Virginia, will lengthen restoration efforts.
The storm, which stretched from Indiana to Virginia and effected much of the East Coast, is being blamed for at least 10 deaths, according to ABC News.
"With triple-digit temperatures and high humidity expected for the next several days, Dominion is urging all residents - especially the elderly and young children -- to take precautions and seek relief at cooling shelters, public libraries or similar facilities if appropriate," Rodney Blevins, vice president of electric distribution operations for Dominion, said. "We will restore power as quickly and safely as possible in these challenging conditions."
While the company said Storm">900,000 customers are without power, a summary of the outages on the Dominion website showed 635,186 Dominion customers had no electrical power as of 2:34 p.m. EST. That number continues to go down. You can get a live update on the situation by Dominion here
https://www.dom.com/storm-center/dominion-electric-outage-summary.jsp
June 30, 2012 3:54 PM EDT
Dominion Virginia Power is working to restore electricity to more than 900,000 customers in Virginia after hurricane-like storms fueled wind gusts as high as 80 miles an hour across a large portion of the state Friday, causing widespread power outages, the company said.
Dominion Virginia Power is working to restore electricity to more than 900,000 customers in Virginia after hurricane-like storms fueled wind gusts as high as 80 miles an hour across a large portion of the state Friday that caused widespread power outages, the company said. Here is a map of power outages in northern Virginia.Share This Story
.
Dominion cautioned that the heat wave gripping much of the East Coast, including Virginia, will lengthen restoration efforts.
The storm, which stretched from Indiana to Virginia and effected much of the East Coast, is being blamed for at least 10 deaths, according to ABC News.
"With triple-digit temperatures and high humidity expected for the next several days, Dominion is urging all residents - especially the elderly and young children -- to take precautions and seek relief at cooling shelters, public libraries or similar facilities if appropriate," Rodney Blevins, vice president of electric distribution operations for Dominion, said. "We will restore power as quickly and safely as possible in these challenging conditions."
While the company said Storm">900,000 customers are without power, a summary of the outages on the Dominion website showed 635,186 Dominion customers had no electrical power as of 2:34 p.m. EST. That number continues to go down. You can get a live update on the situation by Dominion here
https://www.dom.com/storm-center/dominion-electric-outage-summary.jsp
