As the storms passed through the region, Dominion Energy’s skilled crews were hard at work to restore power to almost 30,000 customers on Friday night.
According to a Dominion spokesperson who spoke with News 3, power outages affected approximately 28,000 customers in Williamsburg, the Peninsula, Suffolk, and northeastern North Carolina.
According to Dominion, as of 10:30 p.m., around 10,500 customers had their power restored while 17,500 customers, primarily located on the Peninsula, were still experiencing power outages.
According to a spokesperson, the work to restore the power supply is still underway and the crew is dedicated to completing the task until all the lights are back on.
The First Warning Weather Team has cautioned that there is still a Level 1 Severe Weather Threat in effect for Saturday. They have warned that the high temperatures could result in a few severe thunderstorms with the potential for destructive winds.
