Temps soar and thousands still without power - WVVA TV Bluefield Beckley WV News, Weather and Sports

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Thousands of West Virginians face another day of 90-degree heat and no air conditioning.

Nearly 230,000 utility customers across the state remain without electricity as of Thursday morning.

Outage maps show 140,538 Appalachian Power customers and 89,459 FirstEnergy customers are without electricity.

In Virginia, more than 112,000 customers have no electricity. That's down from a peak of about 1.2 million.

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The outages in the Commonwealth include 84,995 Appalachian Power customers, 27,129 Dominion Virginia Power customers and hundreds of electric cooperative customers.

The storms have been blamed for 12 deaths in Virginia.

A heat advisory is in effect for the western half of the West Virginia, from the Northern Panhandle to the southern coalfields until 7 p.m. Thursday. The National Weather Service says the region will see temperatures in the mid- to upper 90s and high humidity.

Each utility has brought in several thousand workers from other states to help restore electricity. They say some customers won't power until late Sunday.

Last Friday's severe storm caused extensive damage to power lines and equipment.