Thousands without Power After Severe Storms Pass Through Central Virginia

Storm sends trees into Henrico homes, knocks out power across county

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) -- Severe storms have knocked trees into homes and taken down power lines in Henrico County on Friday. Central Virginia is enduring another round of severe storms on Friday, July 18. Heavy rainfall is causing flash floods throughout the region and high winds are knocking down both trees and power lines. Henrico County has been hit especially hard, with over 5,400 homes and businesses without power as of the time of rep…

Thousands without power after severe storms pass through Central Virginia

RICHMOND, Va. Thousands of Central Virginians are without power after severe storms moved through Metro Richmond on Friday evening.Most of the outages are focused in Henrico County. As of midnight Saturday, roughly 7,000 people are without power across the state, according to the Dominion Energy outage map.Below is a breakdown of the outages by county: Chesterfield: 322 Dinwiddie: 248 Hanover: Less than 100 Henrico: 2,559 Richmond: Less than 100…