Power outages surge Tuesday morning after overnight storms in the Twin Cities

Published: Aug 26, 2024 Duration: 00:02:01 Category: News & Politics
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Just 12 hours after that first round hit yesterday. And this morning, we're getting in brand new images of all the damage that's left behind. This is dramatic cell phone video here from the West Metro. One of the hardest hit areas you can see a tree breaking in half from those high winds. Those winds had to be strong out there for that to happen in the last hour. We've also found trees down in South Minneapolis. That's where we find our Audre Russo right now as we begin our team coverage, Audrey. What are you seeing? Yeah, Jason Alicia back out of the car now. And honestly, that storm, that last gust that came through in the last 15 minutes or so came on fast and it came on hard. I just checked Xcel's outage map for the area of Minneapolis, for the city and in the last 15 minutes, the number of outages has jumped to 13,000 customers affected 13,000 people in the dark compared to just 3100 about a half hour ago. So obviously, a lot of impacts there and not great for neighborhoods like this one. I'm on 44th Avenue south where you can see this tree is down. Fortunately, that last gust of wind didn't bring that branch down onto the power lines. But obviously, a lot of folks in the city are in the dark right now. Now, I also spoke in the last half hour. I spoke to the emergency management coordinator for region six statewide for the Department of Public Safety. That person oversees the head of the county emergency management office and the Minneapolis emergency man in office, he tells me he's not expecting a fuller picture until later on this morning. He's still waiting for all of those different emergency management directors to get him updated information on exactly where the most damage is where they need to prioritize clean up. But obviously, the rain that just came through this morning is going to put a damper on the clean up efforts. I'll keep you guys updated on what I hear from both the Minneapolis and the Henein County emergency management offices. But for now I'll send things back to you. All right, Audrey. Thank you very much. Good to see you safe after all that strong squall moved through here.

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