For the second time in less than a week, Monroe County was slammed with a severe storm Thursday evening as a line of storms rolled down from Kentucky with blasting wind and rain.

The storms may have lessened a little once they rolled south of Knoxville, but it would be hard to tell those who lost power or had trees down that was the case.

As of press time Friday, Fort Loudoun Electric Cooperative was working around the clock to restore power.

At the height of Sunday night's storm, FLEC had about 2,700 customers without electricity.

"After the severe thunderstorms and strong winds ripped through our area Thursday night, Fort Loudoun Electric Cooperative had approximately 12,000 members without power," FLEC Spokeswoman Amy Kirkland said.

"Employees are working around the clock to restore the power as quickly as possible. There are around 5,000 members still without electricity across FLEC's three-county service area (as of 2 p.m. Friday). Extra linemen have arrived from Kentucky and Georgia to assist FLEC with the power restoration."

For updates on the power outages, please visit www.flec.org and access the "Outage Viewer" at the bottom of the web page.

In addition to FLEC, the Sweetwater Utilities Board, county and city road crews along with local fire departments have been extremely busy this week responding to storm damage.

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