Thousands still without power after severe weather Saturday night

Update posted Sunday, June 8 at 8 a.m:

Several thousand Jackson EMC customers are still without power as of Sunday morning.

Wendy Jones with JEMC shared the following numbers at 7:30 a.m.:

  • Hall – 5,269
  • Madison – 2,758
  • Jackson – 1,309
  • Lumpkin – 933
  • Banks – 560
  • Clarke – 529
  • Gwinnett – 311
  • Barrow – 145
  • Oglethorpe – 62
  • White – 8
  • Franklin – 1

The Hall County Sheriff’s Office said over 20 roads were closed in the northern part of the county due to the storms. The Chestatee Road area was reportedly hit hard…

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