Alabama Power Crews Worked To Quickly Restore Outages After Ef-2 Tornado Hits Wetumpka

Alabama News Center | January 22, 2019 @ 5:00 am

By Keisa Sharpe

Power has been restored to Alabama Power customers affected by weekend storms and heavy rains.

Broken poles and downed wires led to power outages after an EF-2 tornado (with sustained winds between 111-135 mph) hit Wetumpka in Elmore County Saturday, demolishing more than two dozen homes, churches and other buildings. At the height of the storms, more than 2,200 customers were affected by outages there.

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