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.

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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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Lauren Helkowski joined WSLS 10’s digital team in August 2022, but has held a passion for storytelling long before.

Jazmine Otey joined the 10 News team in February 2021.

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