KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Crews have worked to restore electricity after thousands of people across East Tennessee were left without power Friday morning after storms passed through the region.
As of 9 a.m., Knoxville Utilities Board showed more than 721 customers were impacted by outages across Knox County, which is a decrease from the more than 3,700 outages reported by KUB Friday morning. The following utility providers also reported outages:
- Lenoir City Utilities Board: 151
- Fort Loudon Electric Cooperative: 89
- Alcoa Electric Department: 129
- Sevier County Electric: 756
- Volunteer Electric Cooperative: 23
- Harriman Utility Board: 566
Around 6 a.m., utility companies reported that more than 11,000 people across East Tennessee were impacted by power outages.
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