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Power largely restored after Christmas night outages

Published: Dec. 25, 2023 at 7:27 PM CST|Updated: 2 hours ago

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A power outage knocked out the lights to a large swath of Shelby County on Christmas evening.

At its peak, more than 14,000 customers were without power, largely impacting the Germantown and Collierville areas.

Power has since been restored to most of the area, with a few hundred customers still without.

A lengthier outage earlier in the night impacted Starry Nights.

Starry Nights at Shelby Farms closed for the night once power was not restored by 8:30 p.m.

MLGW has not provided a cause for either outage.

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