NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) -- Tens of thousands of people are dealing with outages after deadly tornado activity passed through Middle Tennessee late Saturday afternoon.
At 7:36 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 10, the Nashville Electric Service (NES) outage map showed 22,662 customers without power due to 63 active incidents in the aftermath of the tornado outbreak.
The largest NES outages appear to be in the Madison, Goodlettsville, Hendersonville, Saundersville, and Old Hickory Lake areas.
NES sent the following update just after 5:15 p.m. Sunday:
About 24 hours after the deadly storms hit the region, Nashville Electric Service continues its power restoration efforts and will keep working until every customer has power.
Crews have restored power to 22,000 customers. At this hour, there are 23,000 without power, down from 45,000 after the storms moved across Middle Tennessee. NES crews from Nashville and contract crews from Georgia and Kentucky are actively working 24-hour rotating shifts to restore power.
After an initial assessment of the damage, NES has visual evidence of the storm’s path. The attached map shows a line of broken or destroyed power poles and other equipment, color-coded by the level of damage. The straight line runs between the River Road area and the TVA transmission tower in Wilson County. Power outages are concentrated along this line.
So far, crews are reporting at least 138 broken power poles
Meanwhile, by 6:35 p.m. Sunday, Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation reported none of its members were dealing with outages anymore.
CDE Lightband, which serves the Clarksville area, said 11,670 customers are still affected by outages, split among 26 active outage groups, as of 7:40 p.m. Sunday.
Middle Tennessee Electric only announced one major outage, which was reported at 5:02 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 9 in Wilson County, where 6,995 customers were without power by 5:45 p.m. However, as of 3 p.m. Sunday, no outages were reported.
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