Over 5,600 power outages reported in Woodbury County on Sunday, May 17
SIOUX CITY (KTIV) — Powerful storms with high winds and lightning damaged trees throughout Northwest Iowa and North-Central Iowa.
These storms caused damage to parts of MidAmerican Energy’s electric system, the company says. The damage included electric transmission and distribution infrastructure.
As of 10:30 p.m. on Sunday, MidAmerican Energy was reporting over 13,000 power outages in its service area, with over 5,600 of them in Woodbury County.
Other areas experiencing widespread outages included:
- Calhoun County with 1,665 outages.
- Cherokee County with 1,339 outages.
- Ida County with 898 outages.
- Palo Alto County with 1,029 outages.
- Plymouth County with 776 outages.
According to the company’s outage map, thousands of power outages are being reported from Sioux City to Cherokee.
“In anticipation of tonight’s severe weather, we assigned extra resources – including crews and utility vehicles – to higher-risk areas,” stated MidAmerican Energy in an email to KTIV. “In many damaged areas, there are line and tree crews onsite. In other areas, there are more resources being dispatched where it is safe to proceed. Crews have already restored some customers and will work throughout the night.”
MidAmerican Energy expects to have power restored for a large number of its customers throughout the night, but does not have an estimated restoration time.
To see the latest outages from MidAmerican Energy in Northwest Iowa, follow this link.
Nebraska outages reported as well
On the same day, counties in Northeast Nebraska saw several power outages, according to Northeast Power. As of 9:09 p.m. This includes Pierce, Dixon, Dakota and Thurston.
To see the latest outages in Northeast Nebraska, visit Northeast Power’s website.
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