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Several residences in the Madison Avenue and West 21st Street area in Huntington lost power around 3 p.m. on Sunday.
Residents say they had been without power for about five days before getting it back on Wednesday.
They say it is very frustrating to deal with.
"It is aggravating. You buy all these groceries. You pay your bills. You pay the electric company to keep your power on, then boom a tree falls and knocks that out," said resident Debra Teschler.
Teschler said she was going to spend the evening with friends until the power returned.
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Kanawha County officials and AEP say Kanawha County alone has roughly 30,000 customers without power as a result of the damage from Sunday's storms. Crews estimate it will now take until late Tuesday to restore power to all customers.
A secondary round of heavy rain falling in the Huntington area has the city's viaducts filling with water again according to Cabell County 911. Never attempt to drive into a viaduct that has water in it.
Other areas that experienced significant storm damage include Kanawha City. Trees were reported down on Venable Avenue and Washington Avenue.
The National Weather Service reports other damage in the following areas:
In Wharton in Boone County, trees and power lines are down.
In Oak Hill in Fayette County, trees and power lines are reported throughout the city and the county.
Trees were reported down across roads in Grayson, Kentucky as well in Olive Hill, Kentucky just a few miles to the west.
Similar reports came into the National Weather Service from adjacent cities of Kenova and Catlettsburg and storm damage reports could be traced back to the start of the afternoon storms in Flatwoods, Kentucky and Greenup.
Wind speeds in Charleston at Yeager Airport reached a maximum of 53 miles per hour at 4:45 p.m.
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Kanawha County officials say they are receiving new calls about areas without power, after Sunday afternoon's round of storms. Officials say they are assessing the situation.
Authorities did receive new reports of additional power outages in the Pinch, Clendenin, Kanawha City, Dupont City, Loudendale, Fort Hill, and Malden areas.
AEP officials are reporting that approximately 21,000 customers are now without power in Kanawha County.
Traffic lights are out throughout Kanawha County. Officials are asking people to treat all traffic lights as four-way stops.
Dupont Middle School and Kanawha City Recreation Center both have lost power; both were operating as storm shelters. Kanawha City Recreation Center lost power in part of the building; the shelter will remain open, as they were able to move to another part of the building. Dupont Middle School did not lose total power; the shelter will remain open.
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According to Kanawha County dispatchers, 911 is receiving reports of new power outages in the Pinch area, Clendenin, Kanawha City, Dupont City, Loudendale, Fort Hill and Malden areas.
Belle Volunteer Fire Department is moving a generator to the Dupont Middle School Shelter to restore power.
The Malden Communications Tower, which is the Eastern Communications Tower, lost power. The backup generator did not start-up.
Emergency Management and Radio Communications Officials are en-route to the Malden Tower to start the generator.
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Damage has been reported with these severe thunderstorms with more power outages occurring.
Charleston Police say they have had around 100 calls of power outages and trees down.
Reports of downed trees, power lines, and power outages have been reported from Cabell county to Kanawha county.
According to dispatch, Montrose in South Charleston is just one area without power now.
"One other problem we face late Sunday, is the threat of street flooding," said Adkins.
"Because we don't have a strong jet stream above us, it cuts down the threat for tornadoes, but it increases the chance for flooding because the storms are only moving about 10 to 15 miles per hour.," he added.
ORIGINAL STORY
The Storm Tracker 13 meteorologists say a cold front is moving across the area that will bring some relief behind this, but it will take some strong thunderstorms to accomplish.
"Remember, a watch means conditions are right for severe storms, while a warning means they are going on and you need to find a safe spot," said Chief Meteorologist Spencer Adkins.
"There's a lot of heat and humidity, and these storms could produce more strong wind and hail, but at this point we have individual storm cells and not a big squall line and certainly nothing like the derecho of ten days ago," he added.
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