OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – There are a number of power outages for Omaha Public Power District and MidAmerican Energy customers on Thursday morning.
Outages started early Thursday as a complex of strong to severe thunderstorms rolled though Nebraska, hitting hardest in areas south of the Omaha metro and into southwest Iowa. Storms erupted in the area around 2:30 a.m., shortly after the National Weather Service issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch.
At 7 a.m., a look of the OPPD outage map showed over 2,800 customers without power. Across portions of eastern Nebraska and western Iowa, more than 13,000 customers lost power during the storm.
MidAmerican Energy is reporting over 5,000 customers having no power as of 7 a.m. — mainly in the Council Bluffs area.
Cass County Emergency Management Agency reports power outages and major tree damage in Weeping Water…