RICHMOND (AP) -- Dominion Power worked through the night to get electricity to customers in Virginia and part of North Carolina as rain continues to fall across Virginia.
Relentless rain drenched much of the Atlantic seaboard Thursday, pelting communities from North Carolina northward with gusty winds and heavy rains, inundating streets and stranding drivers.
Dominion officials say they're working as fast as they can to get power back for as many customers as possible, but it could be Sunday before everyone has power restored.
The downpours were the continuing aftermath of late-season Tropical Storm Ida, which quickly weakened once it made landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast on Tuesday but still soaked a swath from Alabama to Georgia.
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