Over 8,000 customers of Pennyrile Electric remain without power Saturday morning after a series of storms moved through western Kentucky and dropped tornadoes in Christian, Lyon, Todd, and Caldwell counties.
Brent Gilkey with Pennyrile Electric said at one point, almost all of Trigg County was without power at one time.
click to download audioOnly strong storms moved through Trigg County with Gilkey saying wind-damaged poles make the repair job longer than just lightning strikes knocking out power.
click to download audioWith most of the storm damage west of Trigg County, Gilkey said they will assist other counties once their work is complete in Christian, Todd, and Caldwell counties.
click to download audioAs of Saturday morning, most of the outages were in southern Christian County and southern and central Todd County.
