LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky is continuing to feel the effects of remnants of Hurricane Helene.
The storm blew into the commonwealth Friday, Sept. 27 and initially left more than 200,000 people without power. Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Ky., shared on social media there were no injuries or deaths in Kentucky from the storm.
The rain is continuing to soak Louisville as broken tree limbs and debris are still scattered.
“It fell down yesterday," said Louisville resident Tyler Hawkins. "I was leaving to take my son to grandma's, came back and it was down and no power."
Hawkins said a tree knocked power out for his whole block. His boss lent him a generator to help him keep lights on for his family.
“It's pretty good enough to power our refrigerator and all that," Hawkins said. "We've got lights; we've got Wi-Fi, our TV and stuff."
Hawkins is one of roughly 130,000 Kentuckians who woke up Saturday morning, Sept. 28, without power back on.
“Crews have also been facing continued rain," said Liz Pratt, spokesperson for Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities. "This is manual work that needs to be done, to make repairs, to restore customers' power and they're working in the elements."
Pratt said customers can check the online outage map to see when LG&E estimates their power will be restored.
“As crews continue to assess damages and based upon what they're seeing, what impacts that they're seeing to customers' properties, they are going ahead and updating those restoration times,” Pratt said.
Hawkins said he hoped to turn off his generator sometime Saturday.
“I’m hopeful, but they’re pretty overwhelmed right now,” he said.
Pratt added people should stay away from downed wires and report them to LG&E immediately.