It has been a difficult day of cleanup after winds gusts of 55-60mph across the Upper Cumberland Tuesday night.
White County EMA Director Matt McBride said the county has had around 50-60 trees fallen and several roofs on barns were blown off. McBride also said many White County residents are currently without power, with a majority of them being in the Bon De Croft area.
“They did advise me it would be several hours before the power came back on their side which is coming from a Ravens Cross substation. At that time, it was estimated by Kevin Hembree with Volunteer Energy that we had approximately 3,000 people out in the White County area,” McBride said.
Jackson County EMA Public Information Officer Derek Woolbright said the county saw a significant number of trees down and several isolated areas are without power. Woolbright said as of now, all roadways are open.
Van Buren County EMA Public Information Officer Tiwanna Bricker said Van Buren County had several trees down Tuesday night but those trees have since been taken care of. Bricker said the county has not had any challenges with cleanup and Caney Fork has addressed several power outages that were caused by the storm.
Overton County EMA Director Chris Masiongale said 65 trees and 24 power lines were reported down. Masiongale said the damages were spread throughout the county. Masiongale said electric companies have fixed a majority of the power lines and would expect power to be fully restored either Wednesday night or Thursday morning. Masiongale said roads are clear and cleanup had no challenges other than having to clean up multiple areas across the county.
At this time, no major damages or injuries have been reported.
Wednesday’s work to restore power has been hampered by additional gusty winds and falling temperatures.
