More than 23,000 Dominion customers without power; nearly 100,000 lost power during Tuesday’s storm

Tuesday’s storm knocked out power for 96,000 Dominion Energy customers in eastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina, and many are still without power as of Wednesday morning.

As of 7:30 a.m., Dominion’s outage map shows northeastern N.C. was hit the hardest with as much as 52% customers without power in Washington County and 43% of customers out in Camden County. Less than 1% of Dominion’s customers on the Peninsula and just over 2% of customers on the southside were without power Wednesday morning.

Isle of Wight County had the highest percentage of outages in South Hampton Roads by Wednesday morning with just over 10%, followed by Portsmouth with 3.3% and Chesapeake with 3.1%. There are more than 23,000 customers without power across the company’s territory in North Carolina and eastern Virginia.

“Our crews worked through the night and are still working,” said Dominion spokesperson Cherise Newsome. “While severe weather is over, we’re still dealing with high winds which can still cause more outages as well as affect how crews work.”

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency on Monday in preparation for the storm. The National Weather Service at Wakefield issued a high wind warning and flood watch for the Hampton Roads region and a storm warning for coastal waters.

The storm forecast prompted schools across the region to let out early on Tuesday. Virginia Beach schools opened on a 2-hour delay Wednesday. Charles City Public Schools closed for Wednesday, and Accomack County Public Schools switched to a virtual learning day. Carrsville Elementary School in Isle of Wight County closed Wednesday due to a power outage.

Gavin Stone, 757-712-4806, gavin.stone@virginiamedia.com