Overnight storm leaves thousands without power in south central Nebraska

OMAHA, Neb. - A storm that rolled through south central Nebraska last night left behind knocked down trees and power lines, leaving nearly 40,000 customers without power… 

Many in the Omaha area were awakened by emergency alerts going off on their phones, alerting to “destructive” winds up to 80 miles per hour.

Omaha Public Power District says the peak of the storm logged 39,797 customers without power across their service area. As of 10:30 a.m., just over 25,000 customers remain without power…

According to OPPD, 27 line crews and 10 metro troubleshooter teams have been mobilized, with more workers on the way. 36 tree crews have also been commissioned, and mutual aid teams from Kansas and Missouri have also been contacted.

OPPD reminds customers to report any outages and not to assume that someone else reported it.

You can report outages online at oppd.com…or by calling 1-800-554-6773.