NORFOLK, Va. — Thousands in Hampton Roads spent part of Thursday morning without power as the region braced for strong winds and heavy rains.
Huge gusts of wind blew through the region Thursday morning and could be what knocked out power to Dominion Energy customers.
As of 2 p.m., the number of customers in southeastern Virginia experiencing outages dwindled to 3,479, according to Dominion Energy's outage map. More than 800 customers in Hampton are still in the dark alongside nearly 500 in Newport News and more than 400 in Virginia Beach.
Power outages peaked to more than 13,000 in southeastern Virginia with more than 7,000 in Hampton Roads alone Thursday morning.
According to Dominion spokeswoman Bonita Billingsley-Harris, tree limbs falling on power lines are to blame for the outages.
The 13News Now weather team predicts wind gusts of up to 45 mph on Thursday with heavy rains that could develop into isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon.
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Approximately 25,000 customers have been affected so far, according to Harris.
Crews are out actively working at 100 different locations. Dominion is reminding everyone to stay clear of downed power lines.