Overnight thunderstorms on Thursday night into Friday morning again shook houses, downed trees and power lines and forced Oak Mountain Elementary School to switch to remote learning, and Butler County schools to cancel classes, because of power outages.

It was the latest in a series of storms that brought tornadoes through Alabama this week. More are possible on Friday.

Jan Curtis, principal of Oak Mountain Elementary School, said that children were already on their way to school when the power outage was discovered.

“We did have some children en route via bus, and so we welcomed those children in and then we began making phone calls to parents, and so our children have been picked up now to work remotely from home,” Curtis said.

Residents in Hoover and other neighborhoods reported on social media that their houses shook during the night from loud thunder.

Alabama Power reported this morning there were 1,322 power outages affecting 39,601 customers.

The city of Centreville in Bibb County reported storm damage that happened between 8 and 9 p.m. Thursday night and Alabama Power crews were working to restore power to about 1,000 homes in the area that were affected.

Earlier this week, storms swept through north Alabama, destroying or damaging homes, knocking down power lines and uprooting trees near downtown Huntsville on Wednesday night.