Crews work to restore power to thousands of customers across Iowa
RESTORED. OVER IN IOWA, MIDAMERICAN REPORTED A PEAK OF 33,000 POWER OUTAGES DURING YESTERDAY’S BLIZZARD. RIGHT NOW, OVER 7300 CUSTOMERS REMAIN IN THE DARK. A LITTLE OVER 200 OF THOSE IN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY. MORE THAN 1300 IN HARRISON COUNTY. 87 CREWS WILL BE BACK OUT AGAIN TODAY, AND MIDAMERICAN SAYS THE REMAINING SMALL POCKETS THAT EXPERIENCED SEVERE DAMAGE WILL BE RESOLVED SOMETIME TODAY. THE KEY HAS BEEN TO STRATEGICALLY PLACE CREWS IN AREAS THAT WE FELT WOULD BE IMPACTED AND HAVE BEEN IMPACTED, AND THEN GETTING THOSE CREWS OUT TO WHERE WE NEED TO GO TO TO START THEIR WORK. MIDAMERICAN EXPECTS TO RESTORE POWER AGAIN TO MOST OF THE CUSTOMERS BY TONIGHT. IF YOU HAVE AN OUTAGE IN IOWA, YO
MidAmerican Energy crews make progress restoring power to thousands of customers in Iowa after Wednesday’s blizzard
Updated: 1:55 PM CDT Mar 20, 2025
MidAmerican Energy crews made progress in restoring power to thousands of customers overnight. Since the start of the blizzard, power has been restored to 59,599 customers, according to a press release. As of 1:45 p.m., 2,440 customers remain without power, including 1,083 in Council Bluffs.Officials said new crews will join the overnight crews in the morning. They will be focused on the remaining outages, with a large group moving into the I-29 corridor where travel was previously restricted. There are currently 97 line crews and 61 tree crews help with restoration efforts in the western part of Iowa, according to MidAmerican. RELATED COVERAGE: OPPD says thousands could be left without power in Omaha for daysThe company said they expect to restore power to most of the remaining customers by the end of Thursday, March 20. However, restoration in areas with the most damage may take until noon on Friday, March 21.MidAmerica said the bulk of Council Bluffs metro has been restored, with most of the remaining outages in the rural areas. The majority of customers are expected to have their power restored by 7 p.m. Thursday. Stay up to date with the latest severe winter weather forecast by downloading the KETV mobile app.NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |
MidAmerican Energy crews made progress in restoring power to thousands of customers overnight.
Since the start of the blizzard, power has been restored to 59,599 customers, according to a press release. As of 1:45 p.m., 2,440 customers remain without power, including 1,083 in Council Bluffs.
Officials said new crews will join the overnight crews in the morning. They will be focused on the remaining outages, with a large group moving into the I-29 corridor where travel was previously restricted.
There are currently 97 line crews and 61 tree crews help with restoration efforts in the western part of Iowa, according to MidAmerican.
RELATED COVERAGE: OPPD says thousands could be left without power in Omaha for days
The company said they expect to restore power to most of the remaining customers by the end of Thursday, March 20. However, restoration in areas with the most damage may take until noon on Friday, March 21.
MidAmerica said the bulk of Council Bluffs metro has been restored, with most of the remaining outages in the rural areas. The majority of customers are expected to have their power restored by 7 p.m. Thursday.
Stay up to date with the latest severe winter weather forecast by downloading the KETV mobile app.
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