Virginia Storms 2012

• CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Electric utilities are working to restore service to more than 452,000 customers in West Virginia following severe storms. MonPower says it expects to restore electricity to customers in Morgantown late Monday.
(Huffington Post)
• There were 100 signal outages in northern Virginia late Sunday afternoon, and 65 roads were closed, although most were secondary roads.
(USA Today)
• (Reuters) - More than 2.1 million people from Illinois to Virginia were still without power Monday morning following violent storms over the weekend, and a heat wave continued to blanket much of the region.
(Reuters)
• Storms left more than 3 million people without electricity from Virginia to New Jersey amid toppled trees and downed power lines. Service may not be restored until as late as July 9 in some areas.
(Bloomberg)
• A statement from Dominion Virginia Power, which supplies juice to the state and therefore to Amazon, said 900,000 homes went dark on Saturday.
(The Register)
• Any time we get little disturbances at the upper-levels to our northwest (around the Great Lakes States), that triggers storms that can survive (like the derecho from Friday) all the way to Virginia's coast.
(WTVR-TV)
• APCo notes that these estimates can change depending on if new damage is found, or new storms cause additional damage. 3:10 p.m.
(WSLS.com)
• Virginia Gov Bob McDonnell said the state – where six people died from the storms – had had its largest non-hurricane power outage in history. "This is a very dangerous situation," he said, according to Associated Press.
(updatednews.ca)
• Power companies are still working to restore service to thousands of Virginia residents who have been off the grid since a wave of powerful storms blew through the Commonwealth Friday night.
(Augusta Free Press)
• Across a swath from Indiana to New Jersey and south to Virginia, officials warned the heat wave could take a toll on the elderly, young or sick.
(My Fox 8)