The number of customers without power has risen from 6,700 earlier this afternoon to more than 9,100 this evening, according to Greg Lay, Director of the Boone E-911 Center.
This increase has prompted officials to begin the stages of opening a second emergency shelter at Orgas Community Center.
Officials are still in the process of opening this additional shelter on the Big Coal River side of Boone County.
For residents without power on the Little Coal side of the county, officials say an emergency shelter is operating at the Lick Creek Community Center.
Authorities say road conditions remain hazardous and caution residents to remain indoors.
"The main roads are open and passable, but the smaller roads, like Route 94 may be passable for smaller cars, but not for trucks and larger vehicles," Lay said.
According to Lay, a number of car accidents have kept emergency crews busy since the winter storm reached the southern coalfields.
In Boone County, there has been an accumulation of approximately 8 to 10-inches of snow.
"If you don't have to be out on the roads, stay home," Lay says.
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