MLGW pushes full recovery to Saturday; council member ‘incredibly frustrated’
An ice-laden tree split and landed on vehicles parked on North Belvedere Boulevard. More than 17,000 homes and businesses were still without power Thursday evening as MLGW pushes the goal of full power restoration to Saturday. (Danielle Smith/The Daily Memphian file)
Some elected leaders are already promising a long-term review of why outages continue to cripple the city for days at a time.
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