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Today marks the 39th anniversary of the 1974 tornado outbreak which tore through a wide swath of the nation's mid-section.

Kentucky saw a tremendous amount of damage from the twisters. In Louisville, more than 84,000 customers lost power. In our KU service area, transmission lines were severed at 32 points. LG&E and KU crews ventured into the chaos to restore power. Here's a look back at some of the damage to our system:



Tornado aftermath: this photo was taken on Bardstown Rd, just south of Eastern Parkway.



Our internal employee publication at the time provided a look at the damage to one of our substations on Frankfort Avenue.

The anniversary of one of the worst severe weather outbreaks to hit Kentucky is a good reminder to be prepared for emergency situations. Visit ready.gov for information on how to build an emergency kit and make a plan for your family. You can also check out our website for important safety information and to access our online outage map and download our free outage map app for iPads and smarthphones.

Until next time, be safe and keep using energy wisely. 

Even though the calendar says it is the heart of winter, a spring-like severe weather outbreak swept through Kentucky today, causing more than 23,700 of our customers to lose power.

Jefferson County bore the brunt of the power outages and damage, which included winds clocked by the National Weather Service at 94 miles-per-hour and at least one confirmed tornado, which touched-down near Brownsboro Road and the Watterson Expressway.

As we always do, we prepared for the weather front before it hit our area, so our crews could immediately go into action to efficiently return power to affected customers as quickly and as safely as possible.

As of the 9:15 p.m. time of this posting, we've restored power to more than 94 percent of the customers impacted by today's freak storm.

We hope to have the majority of remaining customers back on tonight and anticipate having all customers restored tomorrow. The bottom-line: we're working around-the-clock.

Additionally, you'll want to visit our storm page for important phone numbers and safety information. Once there, you can view our online outage map for near real-time restoration updates. If you're a smart phone user, download our free mobile outage map app to get a high-level overview of outages across our service territory, a summary of outages by zip code and county, and estimated restoration times -- right from the palm of your hand.

Check out the photos below to get a feel for the type of damage and conditions our crews are dealing with in the field.

Possible funnel clouds over Zone Avenue moving east along Brownsboro Road. These clouds were rotating at the time.

Damage along Goose Creek Road off of Brownsboro Road.