Over 5,000 homes, businesses without power in Central Virginia
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RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- Over 5,000 homes and businesses were without power in Central Virginia Friday morning following severe weather that passed through the area.
Severe thunderstorms hit the Greater Richmond Region beginning in the afternoon of Thursday, June 19. The stormy weather damaged power lines, causing outages across the area.
As of 8:30 p.m. on Friday, June 20, more than 5,080 homes and businesses were without power in Central Virginia, according to Dominion Energy.
This includes significant outages in the following localities:
- Henrico County: 3,699 homes and businesses without power
- Richmond: 810 homes and businesses without power
- Hanover County: 337 homes and businesses without power
- Goochland County: 234 homes and businesses without power
At the peak of the outage on Thursday, June 19, nearly 90,000 homes and businesses had no power.
For updated outage information and to check the estimated time of restoration in your area, visit Dominion Energy's website.
