More than 75,000 Kentuckians have been left without power Sunday morning during major winter storm that brought 1 to 4 inches of snow to much of the state and “major ice accumulations” to its southern and eastern regions.
Power outages rapidly rose Sunday morning following overnight ice. Around 12:33 p.m. Eastern, PowerOutage.US reported a total of 75,837 customers without power across Kentucky. The outages were most widespread across Southern and Southeastern Kentucky.
The top 10 counties with the greatest number of customers without power Sunday morning are Pulaski (11,362), Laurel (7,278), Barren (5,629), McCreary (4,554), Russell (4,483), Allen (4,313), Clay (4,238), Whitley (3,138), Monroe (2,650) and Wayne (2,499)…