KU and LG&E crews due back from Puerto Rico Friday

LEXINTGON, Ky. (WTVQ)- Kentucky Utilities and Louisville Gas & Electric crews are scheduled to arrive back in Kentucky Friday afternoon after helping restore power in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico. 

Around 30 linemen, who were part of a second group to travel to the island, helped restore power after Hurricane Maria, a category 4 storm, hit the region last September and early October. 

Officials say about 85-percent of the power has been restored.