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Nearly all of Wirt County without power on Thursday night

WTAP · last updated

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) — Thursday’s stormy weather may have played a role in power outages on Thursday night.

About 3,000 people in Wood County are without power and 88% of Wirt County is out of power, according to MonPower’s website.

Elizabeth has 2,000 outages. Mineral Wells has about 1,000 outages.

Power is estimated to be restored on Friday, May 2, 2025.

Pleasants County does not appear to be affected.

You can keep up with power outage numbers at this link: https://www.firstenergycorp.com/content/customer/outages_help/current_outages_maps/my-town-search.html?selectedTab=3

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