Thousands remain without power throughout eastern Kentucky following severe storms

August 12, 2026 175

KENTUCKY (WSIP) – Utility customers across eastern Kentucky are still dealing with widespread outages this afternoon.

Tuesday’s storms left thousands without power, while downing trees and causing widespread damage. Over 11,600 utility customers are without service this afternoon in Carter, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Lawrence, Letcher, Magoffin, Martin, Perry and Pike counties, with most of those outages in Knott, Letcher and Perry counties.

Winds up to 80 mph were reported, prompting tornado sirens in Pikeville.

No fatalities were reported, only property and road damage.

Kentucky Power has released the following information concerning power restoration times:

Currently, complete restoration times in the following service areas are estimated to be:

• Paintsville area (Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Morgan): This afternoon

• Hazard area (Breathitt, Knott, Leslie, Perry): Tomorrow night

• Ashland area (Boyd, Carter, Greenup Lawrence, Lewis): Tomorrow afternoon

• Pikeville area (Pike, Floyd): Tomorrow afternoon

• Whitesburg area (Letcher): Tomorrow night

Written by: Jamey Johnson

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Thousands remain without power throughout eastern Kentucky following severe storms

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