Damage from Hurricane Michael in the Roanoke Valley was mainly contained to the northern part of Halifax County, officials confirmed today.

As of this report around 1,631 customers of Dominion Energy were without power in Halifax County and around 497 were without power in Northampton County.

Roanoke Rapids Graded School District spokesman Les Atkins said power outages at Roanoke Rapids High School, the central office and Akers Center for Educational Success were one of the driving factors in closing school today.

The Roanoke Rapids High School football game scheduled for this evening against South Granville will be played Saturday at 7 p.m. in Creedmoor, the school system said in an 11:15 a.m. alert today.

Weldon High School postponed its game against Rocky Mount until Monday at 6 p.m.

Roanoke Rapids Public Works Director Larry Chalker said the area Thursday night experienced rain bands and winds from behind Michael’s eye.

The winds from the storm blew the top of a shed off at residence outside the city limits. Downed trees blocked the alley between Franklin and Henry streets in the 600 block.

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In an alley in the 700 block between Washington and Jefferson streets a huge tree toppled and downed power and other utility lines.

Roanoke Rapids police Chief Chuck Hasty said, “It’s mostly been power outages and stop lights being out.”

There were no reported injuries, Hasty said. The storm “left many areas of downtown without power as well as the west side of town. We got worse damage than we did with Florence.”

Halifax County Emergency Management Coordinator Buddy Wrenn said, “We had a couple of trees on vehicles.”

On Twin Cedars Road located off Carolina Rest Home Road, a tree fell into the back of a mobile home. “Mostly there were trees down across roadways.”

Wrenn said he received word from the area coordinator there were straight lines winds moving from west to east Thursday night.

Wrenn was taking an assessment as of this report.

Meanwhile, Halifax County declared a state of emergency Thursday night.

There are no restrictions, Deputy County Manager Dia Denton said, and it is most likely expected to be lifted Saturday.

Having a state of emergency declaration in place helps if state resources are needed, she said. As of this report the county has not requested additional resources from the state.

The National Weather Service said in its latest briefing this morning “mostly minor flooding is expected on area main stem rivers through early weekend. The only exception is the Yadkin, which is expected to crest at major flood stage at Yadkin College Saturday morning. Otherwise, fair and cooler weather is expected today and this weekend.”