WEST VIRGINIA (WCHS) — UPDATED – 10:55 a.m., 1/6/25

The number of Appalachian Power customers experiencing outages in West Virginia has climbed to more than 46,000 Monday morning.

More than 11,100 Kanawha County customers are now without service – the most among counties served by AEP in West Virginia as of 10:45 a.m.

Nearly 7,000 customers in Lincoln County are also without service, followed by 5,300 in Raleigh, 3,200 in Wayne, nearly 2,000 in Putnam, 1,200 in Logan and about 1,000 each in Roane and Summers counties.

In southern West Virginia, nearly 11,000 AEP customers are without power in Mercer County.

Crews from seven states have joined nearly 5,000 AEP workers to help restore power, according to a news release from the company.

The utility said crews are working to restore large outages in small groups so as to not overload lines. Priority is given to essential public safety facilities like hospitals, 911 call centers, water treatment plants and first responder facilities, the news release said.

More than 10,000 Kentucky Power customers in eastern Kentucky remain without service. Floyd, Johnson, Lawrence, Martin and Pike counties all have between 1,000 and 2,000 customer outages.

ORIGINAL STORY

Thousands are without power in West Virginia and Kentucky as temperatures plummet Monday amid a winter storm.

More than 36,000 Appalachian Power customers in West Virginia were reporting outages as of 6:45 a.m. Monday.

More than 7,000 customers in Raleigh County were without power Monday morning, followed by Kanawha (more than 5,700), Lincoln (3,300), Wayne (2,900) Putnam (1,700), Logan (1,200) and Roane (1,000) as of 6:45 a.m.

Mercer County had the most customer outages at the time with more than 8,700.

In eastern Kentucky, more than 10,000 AEP customers did not have service. About 2,000 customers in Johnson County were without power – the most in that region. Pike County follows with about 1,500 outages, followed by Martin County (1,300), Floyd (1,100) and Lawrence (more than 800).

The outages come as the region was blanketed with several inches of snow Sunday night. State of emergencies have been issued in West Virginia and Kentucky, and officials have asked residents to stay off the roads if possible.

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