KNOXVILLE (WATE) - Thousands of people in East Tennessee remain without power after a line of severe storms pounded the area Thursday night.
At the height of the storm, 56,000 Knoxville Utilities Board customers were without service, but by Friday afternoon at 4:30, that number had dropped to 8,009. You can check the latest numbers on the KUB website.
The largest concentrations are in the South Knoxville, Seymour and Holston.
KUB says crews will work non-stop to restore power, but say this will be a "multi-day event." Six additional crews from Ohio arrived Friday afternoon to provide support.
Appalachian Electric Cooperative is also working around the clock to restore power to its customers.
AEC serves Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, and Sevier counties.
By Friday afternoon, 2,400 AEC customers were still without power. The utility says all substations are operational and all major feeders are energized. Crews from cooperatives in Middle and West Tennessee began arriving Friday afternoon to help.
AEC says free dry ice is available to members at the assembly room of the main office building in New Market.
Several AEC crews are still in Virginia helping with power outages there, but are expected back home this weekend.
Volunteer Energy Cooperative, which services 17 counties in East Tennessee, reported around 7,400 outages by 2:30 p.m. Friday. It had 14,000 outages Thursday night.
The Fort Loudoun Electric Cooperative was restoring power to around 5,000 customers Friday afternoon. It serves about 31,000 customers total in Blount, Loudon and Monroe counties.
This KUB crew worked on Tittsworth Road in Seymour Thursday.
