Over 39,000 Central Virginia homes, businesses without power due to severe storms

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- Over 39,000 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 11:15 p.m. Monday evening, more than 39,235 Dominion Energy customers in Central Virginia are without power. The most significant outages are in the following localities:

• Henrico County: 8,740 homes and businesses
• Chesterfield County: 7,995 homes and businesses
• Hanover County: 4,067 homes and businesses
• Albemarle County: 3,440 homes and businesses
• Goochland County: 3,439 homes and businesses
• Powhatan County: 2,705 homes and businesses
• Amelia County: 1,801 homes and businesses
• Richmond City: 1,784 homes and businesses
• Caroline County: 1,157 homes and businesses
• Prince Edward County: 1,042 homes and businesses
• New Kent County: 999 homes and businesses
• Lancaster County: 520 homes and businesses
• Brunswick County: 461 homes and businesses
• Buckingham County: 299 homes and businesses
• King William County: 210 homes and businesses
• Mecklenburg County: 193 homes and businesses
• Petersburg City: 134 homes and businesses
• King and Queen County: 131 homes and businesses
• Charles City County: 128 homes and businesses

At the height of the outage, nearly 47,000 Central Virginia 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.