Thousands without power as storms move through East Tennessee

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Thousands across East Tennessee lost power as storms moved through the region on Friday.

Storm Team 6 is Weather AWARE as another round of heavy rain and strong, potentially damaging winds are expected as the remnants of Helene move through the area. High wind and flood warnings were issued for several counties, including Blount, Knox and Sevier Counties. To see current weather alerts, click here.

Below you can see outages as of 8:40 p.m. on Saturday:

• Morristown Utilities: 100
• LaFollette Utilities: 998
• Fort Loudoun Electric Cooperative: 41
• Clinton Utility Board: 295
• Appalachian Electric Cooperative: 6,621
• Newport Utilities: 3,017
• Powell Valley Electric Cooperative: 8,846
• Knoxville Utilities Board: 4,563
• Lenoir City Utilities Board: 25
• Volunteer Energy Cooperative: 301

The storms have already led to several school and road closures throughout the area . In Carter County, Roan Mountain has been evacuated .

If your power goes out, click here to find out how to report the outage based on instructions from each power company in Knox, Blount, Anderson, Loudon, Sevier, Union, and Grainger Counties.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story will be updated as more outages are reported.

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