POWHATAN COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Hours after severe thunderstorms swept through Central Virginia, on Monday, March 16, many homeowners spent their morning assessing the damage left behind.
“It’s definitely something crazy. We never had nothing like this before,” said Taylor Hartley, who lives in the Ruther Glen neighborhood of Caroline County.
Heavy rain and high-speed winds brought down trees and knocked out power in communities across the region. At the height of the outage, nearly 47,000 Central Virginia homes and businesses were without power. By 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17 that figure dwindled to around 1,700 customers without power…