Power restored to thousands after strong winds cause sporadic outages

UPDATE

Power has been restored to thousands of Appalachian Power customers across the Commonwealth after strong winds disrupted service.

ORIGINAL STORY

Thousands of people are without power throughout the region after strong winds moved through Sunday.

Here’s a look at the worst outages in our region, organized by county as of 11:58 a.m. on March 11.

Appalachian Power:

• Amherst: 171
• Bedford: 173
• Bland: 211
• Botetourt: 112
• Carroll: 237
• Craig: 49
• Franklin: 308
• Giles: 150
• Grayson: 614
• Henry: 198
• Lynchburg: 12
• Montgomery: 642
• Nelson: 43
• Patrick: 42
• Pulaski: 92
• Roanoke: 1,190
• Roanoke City: 286

To view AEP’s outage map, click here.

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