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Prince William County will close the Ferlazzo Shelter at 11 a.m. this morning. A total of 40 residents used the shelter last night.
In addition, the Department of Social Services will open the Winter Shelter two days early due to the cold weather. The Winter Shelter is typically open Nov. 1 through March 31.
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Prince William County will close the Stonewall Jackson High School shelter at 10 a.m. today. A total of 17 people used the shelter last night. No residents are at the shelter currently.
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The worst of Sandy has passed our region, but the remnants of the storm will continue to dump rain today on the Potomac Communities.
Sandy roared through our area with high wind gusts before 10 p.m. Fort Belvoir recorded one of the region’s highest wind gusts at 63 mph at 9:29 p.m., and Quantico clocked a gust at 49 mph at 7:15 p.m.
Rain will taper off later today but the National Weather Service warns flooding will be an issue for those living on or near the Potomac River.
Power outages
One of the largest areas without power this morning is in southern Fairfax County near Occoquan, where more than 3,000 Dominion Virginia Power customers are in the dark.
Some Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative customers are also without power in Prince William and Stafford counties.
By the numbers as of 8 a.m.:
Dominion Virginia Power
Prince William County – 7,059
Stafford County – 1,293
NOVEC
Prince William County – 8,285
Stafford County – 1,217
Statewide conditions
Virginia State Police have been monitoring the situation all night long and released this latest information:
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Statewide from Sunday, Oct. 28, thru 6 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30, troopers have responded to 2,549 traffic crashes and disabled vehicles, and received a total of 4,605 calls for service.
During the height of the storm, state police were fielding 155 calls for service an hour.
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There are more than 143 secondary roads in Prince William and Fairfax counties closed this morning due to storm impacts, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.
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