Heavy thunderstorms with powerful winds and rain late Monday night and early Tuesday knocked out power to some Lincoln County residents and businesses, but no injuries have been reported.
Lincoln County Emergency Management Director Charlotte Brown said power outages were reported in Carney, Tryon and Agra.
Localized flooding was reported in Chandler, she noted, and some residential and non-residential structural damage was reported in Carney and Davenport, Brown said.
State Highway 18 was reportedly closed between SH 66 and County Road 930.
“My Deputy Director Tyler Hogsett has been doing damage assessment in the Carney area,” Brown stated Tuesday morning.
“We’re doing damage assessment where it has been reported to us,” Brown added.
She said she was doing damage assessment in the Davenport area on Tuesday morning.
Sgt. Aaron Bennett, Public Information Officer with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, said the Special Operations Team was on standby was not called out.