Power restoration approaches halfway mark, as another storm threatens

Power restoration efforts continue across the region, with progress reported in some counties and setbacks in others.

Freezing rain Sunday and Monday resulted in widespread power outages, as trees buckled under the weight of ice, ripping down power lines as they fell.

By early Wednesday evening, 24,000 homes and businesses were still without power across the Mountain Top News coverage area. That’s down from more than 42,000 on Tuesday.

Lawrence County remains the hardest hit county, with 99 percent of all homes and businesses without power. Of the 8,320 customers in that county with either Kentucky Power or Big Sandy RECC, only 103 had power at 5 p.m. on Wednesday.

All eyes were on another winter weather system moving into the area Wednesday night, with the potential to drop half a foot of wet snow and more freezing rain.

Kentucky Power

Breathitt County, 746 of 5,119
Floyd County, 588 of 14,748
Johnson County, 1,961 of 7,060
Knott County, 136 of 7,744
Lawrence County, 7,678 of 7,678
Leslie County, 357 of 5,249
Letcher County, <5 of 11,146
Magoffin County, 1,668 of 3,030
Martin County, 815 of 4,661
Perry County, 1,036 of 14,553
Pike County, 12 of 32,261

Big Sandy RECC

Breathitt County, 11 of 13
Floyd County, 1,100 of 6,436
Johnson County, 3,100 of 6,069
Knott County, 158 of 369
Lawrence County, 540 of 643
Martin County, 554 of 936

Licking Valley RECC

Breathitt County, 279 outages
Magoffin County, 3,094 outages

Appalachian Power

Buchanan County, Va., <5 of 12,489
Dickenson County, Va., 5 of 8,618
Wise County, Va., 0 of 3,232
Logan County, W.Va., 63 of 17,666
Mingo County, W.Va., 229 of 13,655

More info

You can find updated outage information on the following websites:

Kentucky Power — http://outagemap.kentuckypower.com.s3.amazonaws.com/external/default.html
Big Sandy RECC — http://outagemap.bigsandyrecc.com/
Appalachian Power — http://outagemap.appalachianpower.com.s3.amazonaws.com/external/default.html
Licking Valley RECC — https://ebill.lvrecc.com/maps/OutageWebMap/.