CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Both Appalachian Power Company and Mon Power are working to restore power after severe storms that moved through West Virginia early Thursday morning.
Appalachian Power reported nearly 9,000 customers without service as of 10 a.m. The number was a little higher when the storms first moved through.
Putnam County has the most customers out at 2,100 followed by Wayne County at 1,700.
Mon Power reported 3,000 customers had no power at 10 a.m. Thursday. The highest outage numbers were in Upshur, Braxton, Ritchie and Lewis counties.