UPDATE: SEVERE STORM LEAVES 40,000 WEST VIRGINIANS IN DARK - Gilmer County Has 1,256 Outages, Braxton 772, Calhoun 374

(06/11/2014)
UPDATE - By mid-day Wednesday over half of the outages in the regional have been restored.

ORIGINAL STORY - Severe thunderstorms and wind gusting to 50 miles an hour left over 40,000 WV electric customers without power late Tuesday night.

The severe storms have been sweeping through the region.

The power company says in Gilmer County, 1,256 customers are in the dark, just before midnight Tuesday.

Outages in regional counties:

Braxton-772

Calhoun-374

Clay-100