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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

More than 85,000 in Va. and W.Va. still without power



Wednesday December 23, 2009

by The Associated Press

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- More than 85,000 customers in West Virginia and Virginia remain without power four days after a massive winter storm blew across the region.

Appalachian Power reported 50,330 outages in West Virginia and 26,580 outages in Virginia on Wednesday morning.

In addition, Allegheny Energy reported 8,425 customers in West Virginia were still without power Wednesday morning.

The weekend storm dumped more than a foot of snow across the two states, with some areas seeing around 2 feet.

The utilities say it may be until the weekend before power is restored everywhere, with service to remote areas taking the longest. .


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