How many lost power from Kentucky storms? More than 5,000 outages reported in one county
A powerful thunderstorm that hit Central Kentucky Thursday morning left thousands of residents without power.
According to poweroutages.us, a website that tracks outages across the United States, just over 3,000 customers in Mercer County were without power as of 11:11 a.m. Earlier in the day, the county had more than 5,000 outages.
Smaller numbers of outages were also reported in Anderson, Boyle, Clark, Fayette Franklin, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison, Marion Scott and Washington counties.
Later Thursday morning, Kentucky Utilities’ power outage map indicated the company was still assessing the condition of the outage in Mercer County and it was unclear when all customers would have their power restored. KU isn’t the only energy supplier in the county but does supply power to most of the county’s customers, according to poweroutage.us.
Damage from the storm caused children from the Mercer Area Family Education and Wellness building to be taken to the gymnasium at Mercer County High School, according to local police. The local police department said schools in the area were ok although they had suffered power losses.
In Owen County 1,346 customers were without power just prior to 11:30 a.m., according to poweroutages.us. All of those were KU customers. KU’s outage map indicated that restoration in Owen County would take place at approximately 1 p.m.
Owen County’s government offices closed early Thursday due to power outages.
In Fayette County 30 customers were without power as of 11:11 a.m., according to poweroutages.us. Kentucky Utilities’ power outage map indicated there were 27 outages in Fayette County, including in the Idle Hour neighborhood off Richmond Road. Restoration there is expected to happen at 1 p.m., according to the outage map.
As of 11:30 a.m. Thursday, more than 5,000 customers across the state were without power.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
