Memphis Power Outage: More Than 60K Still In Dark From Ice Storm

MEMPHIS, TN — Five days after Winter Storm Landon swept through Tennessee, more than 60,000 households in the Memphis area remain without power, according to poweroutage.us.

As of 1:30 p.m. Monday, 61,196 power customers in Tennessee were affected by outages with all but 113 of those coming from Shelby County, according to the website's outage map.

Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division expects to have power restored to 90 percent of residential customers by Monday night at midnight, the company said in a statement. The company urged customers to check their meter center for damage and call an electrician for repairs so there is no delay in power restoration when MLGW workers arrive.

The areas most affected by the outages are to the east and south of downtown Memphis, according to a MLGW outage map.

MLGW is working with schools that remain in the dark to restore power Monday, so that plans to hold school Tuesday can move forward, the company said.

Disconnections also are being halted for the time being, according to MLGW.