Power restored to more than 1,000 AEP customers in Amherst County Be sure to download our free 10 News weather app to receive alerts throughout the day on the forecast No description found
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Power has been restored to hundreds of customers in Amherst County.
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Hundreds of AEP customers are in the dark Monday morning in Amherst County, according to AEP.
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AEP expects power to be restored by 11 a.m.
The cause of the sporadic outages is unclear at this time, but we have reached out to the Amherst County Sheriff’s Office and Appalachian Power to learn more.
No word yet on school closures.
We will continue to update this article as we learn more.
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