In the final update AEP said that 3,000 are without power across the company’s service area including 2,200 without power in the hardest hit areas of Bluefield.
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AEP released their new outage numbers 7 p.m. Wednesday evening:
-Lynchburg: 425
-Rocky Mount: 1,930
-Moneta: 1,642
AEP said that crews are busy restoring power to 18,800 Appalachian Power customers who are still without power. 7,400 of those without power are Virginia residents.
Here is a look at AEP’s outage totals as of 2 p.m. Jan. 8:
-Christiansburg: 313
-Roanoke: 119
-Lynchburg: 1,307
-Rocky Mount: 3,012
-Moneta: 2,314
Early Wednesday morning, over 13,000 AEP customers in Virginia are still without power, a significant improvement from the peak of the outages, which affected more than 50,000 customers.
Here’s a look at the worst outages in our region among the 13,371 without power, organized by county as of 7:58 a.m. on Jan. 8.
- Amherst: 589
- Bedford: 1,896
- Campbell: 1,124
- Carroll: 7
- Floyd: 60
- Franklin: 5,948
- Giles: 72
- Lynchburg: 1,255
- Montgomery: 636
- Nelson: 84
- Patrick: 114
- Pittsylvania: 34
- Roanoke: 326
- Roanoke City: 61
As for Southside Electric Cooperative customers, the approximate outages can be found below:
- Bedford: 3.1K
- Campbell: 1K
- Pittsylvania: 246
Tuesday night update:
Approximately 19,300 houses are without power in Virginia Tuesday night, according to APCO.
-Christiansburg 950
-Roanoke 2,391
- Lynchburg 5,343
- Rocky Mount 4,103
- Moneta 3,353
AEP has updated their estimated time of restoration.
Christiansburg and Roanoke: 11 p.m. Wednesday
Lynchburg, Rocky Mount and Moneta: 6 p.m. Thursday
Tuesday evening update: 4:52 p.m.
- Amherst: 1,171
- Bedford: 3,288
- Bland: fewer than 5
- Botetourt: 34
- Campbell: 3,516
- Carroll: 64
- Floyd: 916
- Franklin: 9,759
- Galax: Fewer than 5
- Giles: 65
- Grayson: 13
- Henry: 307
- Lynchburg: 1,873
- Montgomery: 1,010
- Nelson: 136
- Patrick:3,429
- Pittsylvania: 57
- Pulaski: fewer than 5
- Radford:
- Roanoke: 2,029
- Roanoke City: 240
Original Story:
Thousands of people are still in the dark Tuesday morning due to a wintry weather mix that has hit a large portion of Central and Southwest Virginia.
[READ MORE: Cold arctic air is rushing into the region Tuesday]
Here’s a look at the worst outages in our region among the 41,934 without power, organized by county as of 9:44 a.m. on Jan. 7.
- Amherst: 2,421
- Bedford: 5,180
- Bland: 8
- Botetourt: 236
- Campbell: 3,522
- Carroll: 643
- Floyd: 1,575
- Franklin: 12,555
- Galax: 19
- Giles: 59
- Grayson: 152
- Henry: 708
- Lynchburg: 2,667
- Montgomery: 2,158
- Nelson: 189
- Patrick: 5,610
- Pittsylvania: 39
- Pulaski: 21
- Radford: 12
- Roanoke: 2,072
- Roanoke City: 191
AP provided an estimated time of restoration for the following localities. Please note that not all of the locations listed above are included:
- Floyd: 11 p.m., Jan. 7
- Bluefield: 11 p.m., Jan. 8
- Christiansburg: 11 p.m., Jan. 8
- Glen Lyn: 11 p.m., Jan. 8
- Woodlawn: 11 p.m., Jan. 8
- Roanoke: 11 p.m., Jan. 8
- Fieldale: 11 p.m., Jan. 8
- Stuart: 11 p.m., Jan. 8
- Lovingston: 6 p.m., Jan. 9
- Lynchburg: 6 p.m., Jan. 9
- Rocky Mount: 6 p.m., Jan. 9
- Moneta: 6 p.m., Jan. 9
Here’s a look at Southside Electric Cooperative outages as well.
Southside Electric Cooperative:
- Appomattox: 332
- Bedford: 5K
- Campbell: 1.9K
- Charlotte: 188
- Pittsylvania: 468
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