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MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Nearly 48-hours after a powerful stormed ripped through the Mid-South, hundreds are still without power.

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#RightNow MLGW crews still working to restore power to about 1,500 customers after Friday night’s storms knocked down trees, power poles and lines. @FOX13Memphis pic.twitter.com/4xNsT9EIS2 March 26, 2023

FOX13 crews found MLGW workers on Egypt Central Rd. fixing power lines Sunday morning, and people who live in the nearby Raleigh neighborhood off of Austin Peay Hwy. say the days without power are costing them.

"I bought ice bags from the store to try to preserve my food but I don't want to get sick so if it doesn't come on soon, everything is going to be a loss - it's about $400 worth of food," said Darice Vaden. "I can't afford to be losing food like that. And, I have internet business that I can't conduct because that's been down for days so that's affecting my livelihood."

Others have invested in generators after going days without power during previous outages.

"The power's been out two or three days now and a lot of people are trying to deal with it now by buying generators and trying to get their house up," said Phillip Jackson, who also lives in Vaden's neighborhood. "Normally when the power goes out, if it doesn't come back on immediately, it's going to be a couple days, about two or three days, and it's always. I got a couple dogs, I got a family of course and I have a business, and my business I need electricity. And so I keep the generator on 24/7."

The MLGW outage map on Sunday morning showed power was out for more than 1,500 customers, days after Friday night's storm knocked down dozens of trees, power poles and lines across Memphis.

At one point the damage left more than 15,000 in the dark, according to MLGW.

MGLW says its crews and contractors will work until all power is restored.

The utility company asks that you always report an outage so that they're aware and so you can track when crews are in your neighborhood restoring power. Call 544-6500 or sign up for updates on MLGW's website.
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