Overnight storms knocked out power to thousands of homes across the Commonwealth.
Right now, nearly 29,000 people remain without electricity, including more than 1,200 outages in Fayette County, according to the Kentucky Power Outage map.
The majority of outages are concentrated in Jefferson, Shelby, and Oldham counties.
The storms have also left a trail of damage across several areas, including Frankfort and Midway. At Midway University, power was reportedly out for several hours, according to a student at the college.
Severe storm safety
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises people staying indoors during lightning storms to avoid water, windows, doors, porches, and concrete, and not to touch electrical equipment or use corded phones.
For those outdoors, the CDC recommends checking the forecast, staying alert for distant storm activity, and steering clear of open spaces, vehicles, and structures.
The CDC also urges people to remember the phrase, “When thunder roars, go indoors.”
Debris pickup
The Kentucky Division of Compliance Assistance encourages recycling woody and vegetative waste by chipping or shredding. If recycling isn’t an option, residents should contact their local solid waste coordinator for disposal choices.
The division also notes that refrigerators, stoves, water heaters, AC units, washers, and dryers can be recycled.
All garbage and residential waste must be taken to a contained landfill, and residents can check with their county about special household hazardous waste collection events.
All paint and liquid waste must be disposed of in solid form, which can be done by adding an absorbent like cat litter.
The Kentucky Division of Compliance Assistance also states that all storm-related construction and demolition debris should be treated as potentially asbestos-contaminated material and kept wet from demolition through final disposal.
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