Utility crews continue efforts to restore power

UTILITY CREWS WERE STILL AT WORK IN SOME COMMUNITIES SUNDAY TO RESTORE POWER LOST DUE TO FRIDAY’S EXTREME WINDS IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND NORTH ALABAMA. WORK CONTINUED THROUGH THE WEEKEND TO ADDRESS POWER OUTAGES FROM DOWNED POWER POLES AND LINES CAUSED BY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CLOCKED BETWEEN 50 AND 70 MILES PER HOUR. AT THE HEIGHT OF THE OUTAGES, THE LAWRENCEBURG UTILITY SYSTEM (LUS) REPORTED NEARLY 9,000 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER. BY SUNDAY MORNING, LUS REPORTED ALL POWER HAD BEEN RESTORED EXCEPT FOR ADDRESSES WITH DAMAGE ON THE CUSTOMER SIDE OF THE SERVICE. CUSTOMERS STILL WITHOUT POWER FROM LUS WHO HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED BY THE UTILITY WERE ENCOURAGED TO CALL 762-7161. PULASKI ELECTRIC REPORTED ABOUT 60 CUSTOMERS REMAINING WITHOUT POWER SATURDAY NIGHT. THEY WERE BEING ASSISTED BY MT. PLEASANT CREWS TO ADDRESS REMAINING OUTAGES. DUCK RIVER ELECTRIC REPORTED ALL POWER IN THEIR SERVICE AREA HAD BEEN RESTORED BY SATURDAY, AFTER ABOUT 11,000 CUSTOMERS LOST POWER. THE FLORENCE ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT REPORTED 18,000 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER FRIDAY. THAT NUMBER DROPED TO ABOUT 2,800 BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. CREWS FROM RUSSELLVILLE, SCOTTSBORO AND OPELIKA WERE HELPING FLORENCE CREWS WITH THEIR WORK.

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