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Power out to thousands

wsaz.com · last updated

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) — Several thousand people in our region, especially in western West Virginia, are dealing with no power on Sunday evening after heavy ice..

The most significant outages, according to Appalachian Power, are in the following counties:

- Kanawha - 20,205

- Lincoln 3,471

- Putnam - 1,414

All other counties, by comparison, are relatively minimal. Kentucky and Ohio counties in our region also are showing scattered outages.

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