Photo: WINA/Rappahannock Electric Cooperative
CHARLOTTESVILLE (WINA) – Crews from all three major power companies serving our central Virginia area are busy this morning restoring power to more than 1000 customers combined who lost it during Tuesday afternoon’s severe storms. While most of the activity is east of town, some 300 remained without electricity in Charlottesville as of 9am along the 5th Street and Elliott Avenue corridor because of downed limbs and at least one broken utility pole.
The majority of those without electricity, however, in large line north from Louisa County south through Fluvanna and Goochland counties and into Buckingham County. Fluvanna County’s sheriff reported at least 50 trees down blocking roads in the county, and wind gusts between 60-to-70mph were reported by various weather spotters in Louisa County… with a gust of 73 reported in Mineral.