Thousands without power in Southwest, Central after overnight storms

ROANOKE, Va. – Thousands are without power after severe storms rolled through the region overnight.

According to Appalachian Power, there are more than 55,000 outages in Virginia as of 5:15 p.m.

Below are the worst outage areas in our region among the 57,356 Appalachian Power customers in Virginia without power:

• Amherst - 6,990
• Bedford - 1,030
• Bland - 1,186
• Botetourt - 245
• Carroll - 2,925
• Craig - 307
• Floyd - 1,091
• Franklin - 1,091
• Giles - 458
• Grayson - 658
• Henry - 2,517
• Lynchburg - 5,564
• Montgomery - 3,174
• Patrick - 3,006
• Pulaski - 4,505
• Roanoke - 3,624
• Roanoke City - 583
• Wythe - 2,241