UPDATE: Jan. 7 at 11:00 a.m.
A day after the winter storm blew through the Commonwealth, Kentuckians are still dealing with power outages.
According to poweroutage.us, over 29,000 people in Kentucky are still without power on Tuesday morning.
Officials report they plan to have nearly 95% of the power restored by late Tuesday night.
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Original Story:
Kentucky is experiencing nearly 40,000 power outages across the region, with western Kentucky being the hardest hit.
According to poweroutage.us, a site that collects and records live power outage data from across the US, Henderson County is currently experiencing the highest amount of outages at 6,944.
Farther east, the power outages are less significant, with customers in Jackson, Rockcastle and Breathitt experiencing under 1000 outages each.
Crittenden is also experiencing a large amount of outages at 2,218, and neighboring Livingston with 1,600.
The LG&E KU outage map is currently reporting 4,548 of their customers are without power throughout Kentucky.
