Most power restored after large Columbia Water and Light outage

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Most of the more than 1,600 Columbia Water and Light customers who lost power Monday afternoon had service restored by about 4 p.m., the utility said in social media posts Monday.

Water and Light said 1,634 customers had lost power at about 2:30 p.m. The utility's outage map showed 16 customers without power at about 5:45 p.m. The utility attributed those outages to a tree damaging a power line.

The initial outage was centered near the A.L. Gustin golf course on the south end of the University of Missouri campus.

The heat index was in the upper 90s Monday afternoon in Columbia.