As of 3 p.m., approximately 7,200 NGEMC customers are currently without power as a result of high winds, fallen trees and downed power lines. Areas where a concentrated number of power outages have occurred include Chattooga, Gordon and Walker counties.

Please stay away from downed lines and report them immediately to North Georgia EMC, your local power company or call 911.

Extra crews are on ready to respond should storm conditions cause more power outages. Crews will remain on duty until all power has been restored and to work new outages that may occur if storms persist.

To report outages, please call our offices to reach our 24-hour dispatch. During widespread outages, phone lines may be unavailable due to extremely high call volume.

NGEMC serves over 99,000 customers in portions of Catoosa, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Walker, and Whitfield counties.

(Note: I will send our media partners another update around 9 p.m. In the meantime, you can stay updated on current NGEMC power outages at www.ngemc.com.)