Over 68,000 homes, businesses without power in Central Virginia due to storms

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- Over 68,000 homes and businesses across Central Virginia are without power amid Thursday's severe weather.

Severe thunderstorms hit the Greater Richmond Region beginning in the afternoon of Thursday, June 19. This stormy weather damaged power lines, causing outages across the area.

As of 5:30 p.m., about 68,402 Dominion Energy customers in Central Virginia are without power, according to the company's outage map. Over half of those customers are in Henrico County.

Here's a breakdown of these outages by locality:

• Henrico County: 34,522 homes and businesses
• Hanover County: 8,633 homes and businesses
• Richmond: 7,436 homes and businesses
• Chesterfield County: 6,134 homes and businesses
• Goochland County: 4,064 homes and businesses
• Albemarle County: 2,579 homes and businesses
• Powhatan County: 2,528 homes and businesses
• Cumberland County: 875 homes and businesses
• Amelia County: 700 homes and businesses
• Louisa County: 439 homes and businesses
• Buckingham County: 344 homes and businesses
• Fluvanna County: 148 homes and businesses

The time of restoration for these outages varies depending on the area. You can look up your location and check on restoration progress by using Dominion Energy's outage map.

All of Central Virginia is under a severe thunderstorm watch until 9 p.m. Thursday.