Power restoration efforts are continuing in Ozark County following the midweek storms that caused considerable damage in the southwest part of the county, in particular around the Theodosia area. As of noon Saturday, there are still 65 White River Valley Electric Cooperative customers without power. At the height of the outage Wednesday night, over 3,000 customers in Ozark County were in the dark.
Cassie Cunningham is the Vice President and Chief Growth Officer with White River Valley Electric Cooperative. She says getting to the damaged power poles and downed lines has been a challenge.
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Cunningham says their crews have been extremely busy lately due to the weather.
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Cunningham says many residents in the affected areas have been trying to help each other after the storms, but she warns those assisting to be careful.
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For updates on power outages, visit the White River Valley Electric Cooperative’s outage viewer.
Here is the link:
https://www.whiteriver.org/outages/
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