Mid-South Storms Cut Power to 120,000 MLGW Customers in Shelby County
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Updated · FOX13 Memphis · Aug 22
Mid-South Storms Cut Power to 120,000 MLGW Customers in Shelby County
3 articles · Updated · FOX13 Memphis · Aug 22
Summary
More than 120,000 Memphis Light, Gas and Water customers were without electricity in Shelby County on Saturday afternoon as storms moved across the Mid-South.
MLGW's outage map showed some of the heaviest disruptions in Memphis neighborhoods including Cooper-Young and Binghampton, indicating concentrated damage as the system tracked the storm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remained in effect for all of the Mid-South until 10 p.m., signaling the outage total could keep shifting while crews and residents faced continuing weather risk.