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
For areas where the damage is severe and the access is tough to get to. Judgmentand we sure appreciate their efforts in the weather has been a little bit cooperative in that way you will be warmer each day and some sunshine but was windy today that didnt help out skies partly cloudy at the moment traffic is moving well on five eighty one its thirty five degrees or the Digital Broadcast Center but factor in a little bit of wind and feels more like its in the upper 20s so dont be fooled by going with the lighter coats until maybe saturday or sunday. It still a chilly out there temperature thirty four in lexington thirty three and blacksburg and galax thirty two with the jostle us reaching checks and thirty four degrees in a few snow flurries the men running to the mountains here recently but that too is starting to dry out just a little bit of a few lingering clouds back to the last but tomorrow will be trending toward something little but more sunny with a winced a lot of the northwest
Power spokesperson teresa hall. We know at the highest 45 thousand apco customers in virginia were without power. How many tonight are still without electricity . Teresa hall appalachian power spokesperson around 5,000 customers are still without service in Roanoke County and the city of roanoke. Franklin county has about 1,000 customers without service. Bedford, botetourt, campbell, and patrick counties each have fewer than 600 customers still without service. Jean weve noticed in some neighborhoods one house has power, the next does not. Some people are wondering how is it power but i dont . Expect service to be back on for customers . Teresa in most areas, including bedford, botetourt, campbell and patrick counties, we expect to have Service Restored by late tonight. In franklin and roanoke counties, including the city of roanoke, we expect customers to have power by late thursday night. In isolated instances, especially where damage is severe or access is difficult, restoration may
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
The warmer weather has been a welcome change, as the deep freeze of the last few days begins to thaw. While we saw more pavement and better driving conditions, thousands of people in central and western virginia are still dealing with Power Outages. The storm moved on, and made way for blue skies, bright sun and a beautiful winter landscape. As the ice began to melt, the Power Outages lingered. Applachian power crews were on the job, assessing the damage and attacking the problems they found but the layer of ice brought down many tree limbs and power lines in neighborhoods throughout the area, 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. 10thousand people without power in southWest Virginia. The hardest hit ar