Nearly 44,000 Central Virginia homes, businesses without power due to severe storms

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- Nearly 44,000 Central Virginia homes and businesses are without power Monday night amid severe thunderstorms.

The evening of Monday, March 16, severe thunderstorms brought heavy downpours and high-speed winds to Central Virginia, causing many to lose power.

As of 9:30 p.m. Monday evening, more than 43,788 Dominion Energy customers are without power. The most significant outages are in the following localities:

• Chesterfield County: 10,998 homes and businesses
• Henrico County: 8,707 homes and businesses
• Hanover County: 4,565 homes and businesses
• Goochland County: 3,430 homes and businesses
• Albemarle County: 3,167 homes and businesses
• Powhatan County: 2,704 homes and businesses
• New Kent County: 2,271 homes and businesses
• Amelia County: 1,801 homes and businesses
• Dinwiddie County: 1,325 homes and businesses
• Caroline County: 1,157 homes and businesses
• Prince Edward County: 1,040 homes and businesses
• Buckingham County: 600 homes and businesses
• Richmond City: 589 homes and businesses
• Brunswick County: 461 homes and businesses
• Charles City County: 371 homes and businesses
• Mecklenburg County: 340 homes and businesses
• Lunenburg County: 274 homes and businesses
• King William County: 210 homes and businesses
• Petersburg City: 128 homes and businesses

At the height of the outage, nearly 47,000 homes and businesses were without power.

For more information on the estimated time of restoration in your area, check out Dominion Energy's Outage Map.