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Hundreds without power as storms pass through McLean County

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MCLEAN COUNTY (25News Now) -Hundreds of electric customers were without power in McLean County early Saturday morning as strong storms passed through the area.

At 12:35 a.m., PowerOutage.US showed 1,301 customers without electricity in McLean County, almost all getting their power from Ameren Illinois.

The largest outage is in the area of Downtown Bloomington, with 682 customers without electricity near West Locust and North Lee Streets, according to Ameren Illinois’ outage map.

The utility said lights went out at 11:42 p.m., and the cause of the outage is undetermined, however storms were moving through the area at the time.

It’s not known yet when Ameren will restore power to the area.

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