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Officials say National Guard focused on debris removal; call for clearer NES restoration data as outages persist
Summary
Mayor O'Connell said National Guard units are assisting with debris removal and that there have been no delays in Guard deployment; officials urged NES to provide clearer timelines and data as about 90,000 customers remained without power and utility-pole damage exceeded 400.
City officials addressed questions Friday about the pace of power restoration, National Guard deployment and FEMA support after an ice storm that caused widespread outages.
Mayor O'Connell said there had been "no delays" in National Guard mobilization and that Guard members have been working in Nashville since the previous afternoon to assist with power-restoration logistics. "There are National Guard working actively in, Nashville since yesterday afternoon, and there have been no…
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