Power restored to majority of customers affected by outage in south Columbia

UPDATE: As of 4:40 p.m., 11 customers remained without power between five separate outages.

ORIGINAL: About 1,500 customers in south Columbia were without power Thursday afternoon.

We are experiencing about 1,500 customers without power. Please call 573.875.2555 to report an outage and visit https://t.co/YdwqNhMk63 to view outages. pic.twitter.com/is5jgnFyoW

— Columbia Water&Light (@CoMoWaterLight) May 2, 2019

Columbia Water and Light crews responded to the outage.

Officials with Columbia Water and Light said crews are working to restore power and working t ofind the cause of the outage.

“The proper procedure until the power is back on is to treat affected intersections like four-way stops,” Water and Light said on Twitter.

The outage was in the Nifong and Forum area of Columbia, and traffic signals were out in multiple locations.

BOONE CO JOINT COM: Power Outage in SouthWest Columbia near Nifong/Forum area, Large area affected and Traffic Signals are out in multiple locations.

— Joint Communications (@BCJC911) May 2, 2019

ABC 17 News has a crew on the way to the area and has reached out to Water and Light to see what caused the outage.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

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