After storms knocked out power for an estimated 530,000 electric customers last week, many continue to struggle with power outages this week.
On Monday, KFI reported that 270,000 were left without power, citing Poweroutage.us numbers. As of Tuesday afternoon, the site’s monitor map showed that 154,033 customers still had no electricity.
Tuesday afternoon data showed that Tennessee had the highest number of customers without power at more than 57,000. Arkansas, California, Kentucky, Michigan and Pennsylvania each had at least 10,000 customers without power.
There were thunderstorm warnings issued in Tennessee Monday.
More storms are expected this week, as well as high temperatures.
While around 420,000 customers in Texas experienced power outages due to storms last week, it did not appear that there were still a significant number of outages there Tuesday. However, most of the customers without power (around 140,000) were located in the South.
This month, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association also made an announcement regarding another type of weather that can impact electric.
“When severe and extreme geomagnetic space weather storms occur, they can generate unexpected currents in electric power transmission lines at the surface, putting the stability of electrical grids at risk.
Providing accurate and timely information that allow grid operators to protect their systems is one of the primary missions of NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center,” said a press release issued June 21 by the NOAA.
For information and tips on how to get through a power outage safety, visit ready.gov.
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