A second storm packing high winds and rain blew out power to another 200,000 customers as it roared through the metro area late this morning.
The National Weather Service said more such storms are possible through the afternoon.
Before the new storm struck, said an AmerenUE spokeswoman, repair crews had restored service to about 270,000 of the 590,000 customers who had been without power since Wednesday’s storm. Early reports indicated the worst damage and most outages from today’s new storm were roughly from St. Charles County, eastward through north St. Louis County and into the Metro East.
The weather service said the new storms brought winds of 50 mph, with some gusts as high was 70 mph — almost as wild as the 80 mph winds that shattered trees and ripped down power lines throughout the heart of the metro area Wednesday evening.
Like it’s any better here. lol
Do you have power? Yes. Then it’s much better.