LG&E restores power to most residents who lost it, but thousands in KY still have outages

Power has been restored for most Louisville residents, but thousands of northeast Kentucky residents remain without electricity two days after remnants of Tropical Storm Helene arrived in the state.

About 1,000 Jefferson County residents were without power Sunday morning, according to LG&E's outage tracker. At least 205,000 customers in Louisville and throughout the state lost power over the weekend.

In a statement posted to X, formerly Twitter, LG&E said power had been restored to 87% of customers in what was the fourth-largest outage event in the past 20 years.

"We continue to work around the clock repairing the nearly 1,500 downed wires and 101 poles that have been assessed so far," LG&E stated.

There were an estimated 57,380 outages in Kentucky Sunday morning, Gov. Andy Beshear said on X.

Is more rain expected in Louisville? Here's the forecast for the week ahead

Louisville residents might see some rain and fog through Monday, but the rest of the week is expected to feature mostly clear skies.

Here is the seven-day forecast from the National Weather Service.

Sunday night: A 20% chance of showers before 11 p.m. and patchy fog after 11 p.m. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 64 and light northeast wind.

Monday: A 40% chance of showers, mainly after 11 a.m., and patchy fog between 10 a.m. and noon. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 76 and a calm wind.

Monday night: Patchy fog after 10 p.m. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 64 and calm wind.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. Calm wind becoming northwest around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Tuesday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 52.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 72.

Wednesday night: Clear, with a low around 51.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 77.

Thursday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 56.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 80.

Friday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 57.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 76.

Reach reporter Leo Bertucci at lbertucci@gannett.com or @leober2chee on X, formerly known as Twitter

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