Thousands without power as wave of severe storms sweeps across Kentucky

LEXINGTON, Ky. ( FOX 56 ) — Crews across Kentucky worked to restore power on Saturday after a wave of severe storms swept through the Bluegrass.

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The number of total customers without power in Kentucky has fallen below 10,000. To see updated customer outages in Kentucky by county, visit this interactive power outage map .

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A wave of severe weather pushed high-speed wind and rain across the Commonwealth on Saturday, leaving hundreds of customers without power.

A map of power outages caused by severe weather Saturday showed that over 600 customers are currently without power in Fayette County, with over 700 outages for customers in Clark, Lawrence, and Rockcastle counties.

In total over 13,000 customers are without power in Kentucky after Saturday’s storms swept through the state. For the latest power outage updates, visit this interactive map .

Payden Hinkle contributed to this story.

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