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
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
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