Brought down many tree limbs, and power lines in neighborhoods throughout the region, including roanokes raleigh court. Aleta delaplane actually at 3 45 we woke up to a transformer exploding. It was big green arc light in the back it was amazing. It was kind of cool. And then the power went out. And then it came back on. And then it went out again, so i think weve been without power since 6 45 this morning. When the electricity went out, so did aleta delaplanes heat. But she and a neighbor were making the best of their day without power, sitting by the gas fireplace. And when we left at midafternoon, they were waiting patiently for an appalachian power crew to arrive. Live in roanoke joe dashiell wdbj7. When will power be back on. Thats the question many of you want to know. Joining us now is teresa hall appalachian power spokesperson. First of all how many customers are without power right most of the outages . Teresa more than 29 thousand are without electric service. The most severe
Be restored here, because its not just a one transformer job here. And as crews take care of the larger outages, a repair might restore 12 customers instead of 12hundred. So theres plenty of work ahead before everyone has power again. Live in roanoke joe dashiell wdbj7 thousands of people in our area are on day two of no power, and they want to know when its coming back. Appalachian powers teresa hall joins us now by phone, with some answers. Good afternoon, teresa. Kimberly mcbroom wdbj7 first, lets get the updated number of power outages, and which areas are still the most affected Kimberly Mcbroom wdbj7 it seems that the Roanoke Valley metro area has had the biggest chunk of outages since the beginning. Why do you think that is . Kimberly mcbroom wdbj7 as people are waiting for their power to come back on, are there any things that Kimberly Mcbroom wdbj7 if you do have an outage, do you just need to notify apco once, or checking in with the company . Its now been nearly 24 hours sin
Warm. Appalachian power crews were attacking the outages. We found this truck on deyerle road this afternoon. But with so many limbs down, so many power lines to repair, the utility is still assessing how long its going to take to get everyone back on line. Here along Williamson Road the power is still out. Power has notified residents in the area that their power should be restored tonight. Live in roanoke joe dashiell wdbj7 the number of people without power in henry county is going down but it may take days to complete. Officials say they are now working to restore power to fifteen hundred people. The community of sandy level is one of the affected areas. Winds blew over an old gas station sign at the corner of axton and morgan ford road. Trees are still laying on power lines and a family was home last night when the tree fell. Well hear from them tonight at six. Power is slowly coming back for Dominion Virginia Power customers. 368 customers are without power in Alleghany County th
Gate where customers are without power. Kimberly, here in iron gate you can tell the power outage is causing some confusion. Were at a gas station where weve seen a number of people drive in, look around, and leave. Thats because were told this sign up here is lit 24 7, but right now, because of the power, its off. There are more than 11,000 dominion virginia customers without power statewide. 419 of them here in alleghany county. And 383 in botetourt county. Crews are working on 16 projects between the two counties. Folks we talked to gate went out around 7am this morning. David well i sleep by the radio and when the radio when off i woke up when the house went silent, i woke up. I still got heat in the house, i got gas logs in the living room so heat for Dominion Virginia Power customers, power should be restored by midnight. For bath alleghany customers were and 143 in bath live in iron gate, amanda kenney, wdbj7. Thousand people are without power in henry county. Heavy winds knocke
Roanoke, as about 45hundred are in the dark across the city. It could be until friday before the lights come back on for some. Dominion virginia power says hundreds of people in the alleghany highlands are expected to get power back by midnight. At last check in danville, 150 customers in the piney forest road area still did not have power. Crews hope to have it restored by midnight. Many people are wondering how to stay warm in the wake of all of these outages. Wdbj7s Khiree Stewart is live on the wdbj7 weather deck with the dos and donts of heat melissa, roanoke is on the outage map, so officials want to safe and comfortable until those power comes back on. The tv was on, and all of a sudden at 6 49, no more cable, no more tv, no more internet. Just came over here opened the shop and there was no power over here either. With cold tonight, it has many people thinking about how theyre going to stay warm. At least we have the flashlight and the candles. Tiffany bradbury is roanoke citys