— 2:30pm update:

Dominion Energy’s outage map shows more than 44,000 outages are being reported in southeastern Virginia. The areas with the most outages currently:

• Virginia Beach: Around 29,000
• Chesapeake: Over 8,000
• Hampton: Over 2,000
• Portsmouth: Over 1,500
• Suffolk: Over 1,200
• Norfolk: Over 900

NORTH CAROLINA

Dominion’s outage map shows more than 43,000 customers without power across the state — several thousand of which have been reported in counties within the viewing area.

• Camden County: Over 2,700
• Currituck County: Over 14,000
• Gates County: Over 1,700
• Pasquotank County: Around 1,900

— If you are using a generator, do not use it in your house or in a garage. Keep it outside and away from windows and doors to prevent carbon monoxide entering the home.

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