(WAND) - Ameren Illinois crews are continuing to work to restore power in communities across Central Illinois that were impacted by severe storms and high winds Monday evening and into Tuesday.
Since activating the Incident Management Team to coordinate damage assessments and restoration efforts about 36 hours ago, crews have restored 92,000 outages.
"Fortunately, driving rain showers have subsided, aiding our crews in restoring the remaining outages for virtually all of our customers today," said Patrick Smith, senior vice president of operations for Ameren Illinois. "We know outages are an inconvenience and no one wants to be without power. Our team will work as safely and quickly as possible until the final outage has been restored. Thank you to everyone for your patience and understanding."
As of 10:00 a.m. Wednesday:
- Monday night's storm included 105+ mph winds, caused extensive damage to electric infrastructure in multiple counties throughout Ameren Illinois' downstate service territory.
- As of 10:00 a.m. July 17, approximately 11,500 Ameren Illinois customers remain without power in the service territory. See the Ameren outage map for a list of current outages Ameren.com/outagemap.
- Approximately 92,000 outages have been restored since the storms began on Monday evening.
- Nearly 1,400 workers (internal and contractor) are engaged in restoration throughout the Ameren Illinois service territory.
- Ameren Illinois customers who have reported an outage or signed up for alerts will receive notification on the status of their individual outage. Go to AmerenIllinois.com/outage.
If a home or business has been damaged by severe storms, the customer may need to make specific repairs before Ameren can restore power. You can get more information here: Storm Damage to Weatherheads on Vimeo.
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