RICHMOND, Va. -- Dominion Virginia Power crews are trying to clear one storm hurdle before another round of severe weather takes front and center in the metro area.
Worker Jason Winslow says restoring power to hundreds of thousands of homes has been daunting.
"This is probably one of the worst areas we've been in," Winslow said of the Ginter Park neighborhood, where we found his team working in Tuesday afternoon.
Signs of Mother Nature's fury linger across Beverly Samford's community.
She said she knows it has kept power crews busy around the clock.
"The trees are uprooting and coming across the lines and tearing off poles. They're tearing off of people's houses," Winslow added.
It's unbelievable to Samford who lives on Seminary Avenue.
"I don't know how to tell you what I saw. It was so hard to take it in because there was so much destruction," she added.
Now Dominion crews are also preparing for the possibility of severe weather Tuesday night.
Officials tell CBS 6 News they have patrol teams, bucket trucks, contractors and extra staff on standby to respond to any outages.
They say they'll work again as quickly as they can if more bad weather wreaks havoc.
Samford says she's just grateful for the progress being made and like many others she's hoping any bad weather Tuesday night will blow over quickly.
Dominion Virginia Power officials say they are fully staffed for severe weather Tuesday evening.
They are also double checking inventory levels to make sure they have enough polls, transformers and other materials on hand.
