Thursday, March 15, 2012

High winds sock it to county, city: Thousands still without power following storm

More than 18,000 Kanawha County residents remained without powertoday after a storm with winds up to 67 mph raced through the area.

Trees and limbs remained down on roads, traffic lights were stillout, some schools were closed and work crews were trying to repair anoutfield wall at Watt Powell Park in time for the state high schoolbaseball tournament to begin.

Charleston's street department was working through a three-page,hand-written list of problems that were caused by Tuesday's storm.And Kanawha County reported 40 power lines were down at one point.

"We got swatted," said Kanawha County Commission President KentCarper. "I haven't ever seen so many power …

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