NOW: Over 21K people in Fairfax lose power as storm rolls through

More than 21,200 Dominion Energy customers in Fairfax County have reported losing power as a result of thunderstorms currently passing through the region.

As of 8 p.m., the majority of outages are focused in the eastern part of the county, though some in the Fair Oaks area have also been affected, according to Dominion’s outage map. In most cases, the utility hasn’t determined an estimated time of restoration yet.

In severe thunderstorm warnings, the National Weather Service reported a line of storms with wind gusts of up to 70 mph, though by 7:30 p.m., the most intense part of the storm cell had moved toward Alexandria, according to Capital Weather, which relaunched this week as an independent outlet…

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