CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As Appalachian Power crews continued to work Saturday to restore service to thousands of customers impacted by this week’s ice storm, the company expressed concern about the possibility of more ice.
“Forecasters say another damaging ice event is likely Sunday night into Monday across much of the company’s West Virginia service area, and is likely to cause damage and outages across much of the area affected by Thursday’s weather,” the company said.
As of 11 a.m. Saturday, there remained approximately 21,000 customers without service from Wednesday night’s event with most of those outages in Cabell, Wayne and Putnam counties. The company said 45 of the outages affect 100 or more customers.
Frigid temps and icy conditions are playing havoc with restoration efforts. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we continue to battle this winter storm.
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Ice remains on the trees in many areas and limbs continue to break and fall onto power lines, the company said.
Appalachian Power hopes to have service restored to most all customers in Mason and Jackson counties by 10 p.m. Saturday. It’s shooting for 6 p.m. Sunday for those in Cabell, Wayne, Putnam and Lincoln counties.
Restoration efforts could stretch into Monday in some cases.