Snow is blanketing the area. (Photo courtesy Laureen Daniels)
The Virginia Department of Transportation and the Virginia State Police have one message for Hampton Roads residents: Stay home if at all possible.
Crews from VDOT are working around the clock to clear roads, beginning with interstates and then primary and secondary roads. As of 10:20 a.m., VDOT is reporting no backups on Interstate 64 in the Historic Triangle. Moderate snow and ice continues to cover primary and secondary roadways throughout the area.
In James City County, emergency responders handled a house fire in Berkeley Green on Tuesday night. Units also responded to a vehicle fire, as well as routine calls for service, said James City County Fire Department Batallion Chief Bob Ryalls.
Williamsburg Fire Department spokesperson Eric Stone said his department had a quiet night Tuesday, with no calls for service related to the storm.
York County Division of Fire and Life Safety spokesperson Paul Long said it was business as usual for his department.
“We had no significant incidents and no significant increase in our activity level due to the weather at this time,” Long said Wednesday morning.
Sgt. Michelle Anaya of the Virginia State Police said her agency received 243 calls for service between noon Tuesday and 7:30 a.m. Wednesday. Troopers were dispatched to 366 incidents.
Troopers found seven accidents with injuries, 110 accidents with only property damage, 153 disabled vehicles, one instance of debris in the roadway and one accident involving state-owned equipment.
Dominion Virginia Power is reporting one customer without power in the City of Williamsburg. Otherwise the lights are on throughout the Historic Triangle. Dominion recommends customers try to conserve electricity during the cold, as the temperatures place additional demand on the electrical grid. It is especially important to conserve electricity between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m., and 5 p.m. and 9 p.m., as those are peak usage times.