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Power crews are trying to restore power as quickly as possible, but could take until Wednesday

Posted at 6:42 PM, Jul 18, 2016
and last updated 2016-07-18 19:45:48-04

More than 800 homes in Wagoner County were still without power Monday afternoon.

The Lake Region Electric Cooperative (LREC) has more than 150 personnel working on restoring electricity throughout five counties, including Wagoner.

After Thursday's storm, more than 19,000 LREC customers, of 24,000 they serve, lost power.

At least 150 power poles broke in the storm.

"It takes maybe two or three hours to disassemble the old one [power pole] and install a new one," explained LREC's CEO, Hamid Vahdatipour,

He said about 69 of the total workers are from different co-ops to help a situation of this magnitude.

Crews have been working 16 to 18 hour days.

Vahdatipour said power should be restored to all counties by Wednesday.

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