The weekend's snowstorm left many in the dark at the start of the new week.

"We're moving along and making some headway," Appalachian Power Co. spokesman John Shepelwich said.

Appalachian crews slowly restored power to customers in Henry, Franklin and other counties Sunday.

Shepelwich said fallen trees and other objects breaking power lines caused the outages.

About 30,000 customers were without power early Sunday, Shepelwich said.

By Sunday evening, about 7,800 Henry County homes and businesses -- about 28 percent of the county's customers -- were still without power after snow, ice and wind hit Friday evening, according to the utility's Web site.

In Patrick County, about 1,000 outages remained; about 700 outages were in Franklin County.

Shepelwich said he expects all power to be restored by this afternoon, with the exception of Henry County, which should have power by Tuesday evening.

With the National Weather Service calling for snow Tuesday, Shepelwich said crews are working diligently.

"Hopefully we're going to be done with this one by then," he said.

While Red Cross shelters were opened in Bedford County, Tazewell County, Gretna, Pittsylvania County and Martinsville, the only one that was actually occupied overnight Saturday was in Martinsville, where 10 people stayed, said spokeswoman Amy Whittaker of the Roanoke Valley chapter.

"I know there were quite a few shelters opened across the state," Whittaker said. "I think people are glad to know that they do have an option to go to a shelter in this type of situation if their power is out."

All five shelters were closed by early Sunday afternoon, she said.

Cathy Latham worked shifts at a Super 8 hotel in Bedford County all weekend and said that although many people booked rooms at the peak of the storm, Sunday was quiet, as power outages lasted only a few hours and main roads had been cleared.

Tamara Johnson, general manager of a Martinsville Holiday Inn, said the entire hotel, about 40 rooms, was booked with people -- herself included -- seeking refuge from power outages.

"My power has been out at home. I have a place to go because I work here," she said.