Outages Hit Areas Of Burke During Thunderstorm

BURKE, VA — Burke and the rest of the region has seen days of scorching temperatures and thunderstorms, and Wednesday was no different. Severe thunderstorms rumbled through the region Wednesday afternoon, bringing rain, lightning and power outages.

Dominion Energy has reported over 52,000 outages in Virginia on Wednesday evening, some of which are in areas of Burke. According to Dominion Energy's outage map, over 1,000 lost power in the area around the Old Keene Mill Road and Lee Chapel Road intersection. Another nearly 800 customers are without power in the Lee Chapel Road area north of the Fairfax County Parkway.

Fairfax County Fire and Rescue is responding to a number of downed power line calls in the county. Residents are urged to avoid downed power lives, as they could be live. If the power goes out, the fire department also recommends using battery-powered lighting in place of candles.

Outages and downed power lines can be reported to Dominion Energy at 866-366-4357.

Fairfax County is under a flash flood warning until 6:30 p.m. The National Weather Service said as of 3:30 p.m., thunderstorms were producing heavy rain the region. The severe thunderstorm warning for the area expired at 4:15 p.m.