Storms leave hundreds without power in southeast Minnesota
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(ABC 6 News) – UPDATE: According to Poweroutage.us, as of 12:00 p.m.., over 11,250 customers across Minnesota are without power. Of those, 10,900 are Xcel Energy customers.
In southeast Minnesota, most of the customers who were without power have had it restored.
Most others without power are in the central part of the state, west of the Twin Cities metro.
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(ABC 6 News) – UPDATE: According to Poweroutage.us, as of 10:00 a.m., over 24,270 customers across Minnesota are without power. Of those, 22,811 are Xcel Energy customers.
In southeast Minnesota, 564 customers are without power in Olmsted County, all with Xcel Energy. In Dodge County, 252 customers are without power, all with Xcel Energy.
Earlier in the morning, more than 2,400 customers in Rice County were without power. Most have had power restored as only a handful remain without.
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(ABC 6 News) – Power crews are out Wednesday morning after overnight and early morning thunderstorms moved through Minnesota leaving hundreds of people without electricity.
According to Poweroutage.us, as of 8:00 a.m., over 31,800 customers across Minnesota are without power. Of those, 30,340 are Xcel Energy customers.
In southeast Minnesota, 603 customers are without power in Olmsted County — 564 are with Xcel Energy and 39 with People’s Energy Cooperative. In Dodge County, 508 customers are without power — 426 with Xcel Energy and 82 with People’s Energy Cooperative. In Rice County, over 2,400 customers are without power, all belonging to Xcel Energy.
Thousands more are without power west of the Twin Cities metro with 6,500 customers out in Kandiyohi County.
The National Weather Service in La Crosse said a wind gust of 60 mph was reported at the Rochester International Airport just before 7:30 a.m. Wind gusts of 80 mph were reported west of the Twin Cities metro overnight as storms moved through.
The race is on to restore power as extreme heat is expected across the region Wednesday and Thursday as high temperatures are forecasted to climb into the low-to-mid 90s with heat indices near 100 degrees.