When the tornado tore through the area, it destroyed most of the power lines, leaving more than 500 homes without power, according to county officials.
Since then crews have been working around the clock to put in new poles and power lines throughout the area to restore power. As of Friday evening, most of the power has been restored.
"We really need to get power restored because it's not just this 8-mile swath where the tornado came through," Bell County Judge David Blackburn said Friday. "We have
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