Kenergy Crews Working To Restore Power In Region
Kenergy crews are continuing to work on restoring power to more than 5,600 members in eleven counties as of 7:45 Thursday night.
Kenergy crews are continuing to work on restoring power to more than 5,600 members in eleven counties as of 7:45 Thursday night.
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet officials say motorists need to share their destination with friends if they intend to travel overnight Thursday due to icy road conditions.
Lyon County Judge-Executive Wade White says road conditions will remain slick and hazardous overnight but another danger for motorists overnight will be downed trees.
Weather conditions are continuing to deteriorate in Caldwell and Lyon Counties as temperatures drop significantly below freezing tonight.
Kentucky Department of Transportation crews as well as city and county work crews are continuing to plow and treat roads while in some places, the transition was made to cut and clear trees that fell across roads.
Crews with Pennyrile Rural Electric continue work to restore power to over 4,000 customers in Trigg and Christian Counties with 75-percent of those outages in Trigg County.
The National Weather Service says the wintry mix of precipitation that is continuing to fall across western Kentucky is expected to create hazardous weather conditions as temperatures drop Thursday night.
West Kentucky weather continued on its wild ride Thursday, as freezing rain fell on all parts of the News Edge and Weather Edge listening area — and in considerable amounts.
Around 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Pennyrile Electric officials were reporting two major outages in the Weather Edge area — in what accounted for more than 2,200 customers in the Trigg, Lyon, Caldwell and Christian counties.
As conditions continue to deteriorate across western Kentucky due to the ice storm, Kenergy is reporting a total of 70 outages affecting 3,566 members.