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Kanawha County emergency management asks

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The Kanawha County Emergency Operations Center has asked any church with power open a cooling and comfort shelter after Friday evening storms left almost 80,000 Appalachian Power customers without power.

Kanawha Emergency Management has asked any church able to become a shelter to contact -its office at (304) 746-8748.