Storms causes power outages in Mid-Missouri

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Power is being restored in Mid-Missouri Monday morning after storms rolled through.

According to the City of Columbia's outage map, nearly 1,800 customers are without power due to six electrical incidents.

This is an improvement from earlier Monday morning, when more than 3,700 customers were without power due to seven power incidents across the city.

More than 1,300 customers are without power on the west side of town in the area of Scott Blvd.

86 customers are without power in the Ridgemont Dr. area, and 26 customers are affected by an outage near Red Oak Lane. An outage by Canterbury Dr. has 57 customers in the dark.

Two more outages reported near S. Providence Rd and E. El Cortez Dr. have nearly 200 customers in the dark.

Downed trees and tree limbs in Boone County have been reported on Rock Quarry Road and E. Gans Road and W. Gillepsie Road at S. Coats Lane, according to alerts from Boone County Joint Communications.

According to Matt Nestor with City of Columbia Utilities, two of the outages are due to trees falling onto power lines. Nestor says crews are working to get them fixed.

According to the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives' outage map, 581 customers have no power in Miller County. 389 customers in Gasconade are powerless, 299 customers have no power in Osage County and 163 customers in Cole County are without power.

Around 100 customers are without power in Camden and Benton Counties.

Less than 20 outages are being reported in Callaway, Howard, Phelps, Pulaski, Macon, Monroe, Montgomery and Morgan Counties.

It is unclear when power will be fully restored.

This is a developing story.