Leaders with Southside Electric Cooperative (SEC) say a third-party app developed to help customers manage their accounts is showing meter usage despite thousands of customers still without power.
More than 120,000 Dominion Energy customers remain without power in Central Virginia as of 2 p.m. Sunday, and hundreds of thousands are without power statewide.
Dominion Energy is continuing their efforts to restore power after thousands of customers were left in the dark due to an ice storm that struck Central Virginia.
Chesterfield County was one of the hardest hit areas in metro-Richmond from the ice storm as some neighborhoods remain without power more than 24 hours later.
With the winter weather approaching Central Virginia, people went to the stores to grab some last-minute items before the road conditions worsen overnight.
The Virginia Department of Transportation is preparing to make sure roads stay safe with the chance of wintry weather overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning.
The Virginia Department of Transportation in Richmond is warning drivers that there could be slick conditions on Wednesday evening into Thursday morning.
The significant rainfall is forecast to push the James River into moderate flood stage with a crest of 19.1 feet by Friday afternoon. The river is currently at action stage with current levels close to 12 feet.
The City of Richmond’s Department of Public Utilities announced it will activate the Dock Street and Brander Street flood walls as a precaution due to Thursday’s heavy rainfall.
The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) is warning recreational boaters of deadly flood boating conditions this week and weekend as several flood warnings have been issued.
A strengthening Tropical Storm Eta cut across Cuba on Sunday, and forecasters say it’s likely to be a hurricane before hitting the Florida Keys Sunday night or Monday.
It may take a while to get back to normal for several families in central Virginia after remnants of Zeta toppled trees and left thousands without power.