>> yesterday we saw the crews in
maryland getting ready to go.
now this morning, dominion
energy crews are preparing to
deploy.
news 4's justin finch is live at
their facility in fairfax with
more on their mission.
justin?
>> reporter: chris, they're
sending down a 12-member crew
fr dominio energy as well as
three bucket trucks like the
ones you are seeing back there
behind us, as well as an auger
truck as thll.
once o ground, they'll work
around the clock to restore
power in that hurricane florence
region in the carolinas.
this does stand to be a pretty
big job, but this crew does have
perience with storm relief
just in their own backyard heree
getting own customers back
online after big storms and
small storms as well as others
across our region.
sce they get down there, once
thisrm comes through, the
early estimate is that millions
of customers down there could be
left in the dark.
that not only impacts customers
but also that first response