Appalachian Power reported that more than 58,000 customers lost power on Saturday, March 25, following the extreme wind gusts that downed many trees and power lines statewide.

Putnam was among the hardest hit counties. The lights went out in Hurricane a little after 1 pm, shutting down the pumps at Sheetz while close to ten customers were filling their tanks. The outage also disrupted the West Virginia State Show Choir Festival which was in progress…