Some areas of Stephens County continue to be without power

Some areas continue to be without power in Stephens County.

According to officials with Georgia Power there are less that 15 customers without power.

In the area of Hillcrest Drive an estimated 10 customers are without power; but, Georgia Power crews are out in force working to respond and restore power by 3:30 p.m. today.

In the area of Poplar Street, less than 5 customers remain without power; however, Georgia Power crews have been notified of the outages, and will restore power as soon as possible.

According to officials with Hart EMC all of its Stephens County customers’ power has been restored.

As a reminder to everyone, please never touch any downed wire or low hanging wire, including Cable TV wires that touch a power line. Never pull tree limbs off power lines yourself or enter areas with debris or downed trees as downed power lines may be buried in the wreckage.

WNEG News will continue to provide updates as power is restored in the aforementioned areas.