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Thousands without power 2 days after winter weather hits Virginia; majority should be restored by tonight

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RICHMOND, Va. — More than 20,000 Richmond-area Dominion Energy customers remained without power Thursday morning, nearly 48 hours after a winter storm started to bring snow and ice to Central Virginia. The latest Dominion Energy outage numbers showed more than 5,000 outages in Henrico County, more than 4,000 outages in Chesterfield County, more than 4,000 outages in the city of Richmond, and more than 4,000 outages in Powhatan County.

At one point during the storm, more than 100,000 customers lost power.

Additionally, more than 15,000 Dominion Energy customers in Southside Virginia (Appomattox, Prince Edward, Cumberland, Pittsylvania, Campbell, Buckingham, etc.)

In an update Thursday evening, Dominion Energy said most customers should have their power restored by 11 p.m.

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