ST. LOUIS -- An estimated 82,000 people remained without power late Sunday after a wave of powerful storms swept through the region, downing trees and electrical lines, snapping utility poles and flooding roadways. A line of thunderstorms began Saturday afternoon in southwestern Franklin County, traveling northeast with winds as high as 70 mph. No injuries were reported, but there was damage across the region. The storm caused power outages to more than 220,000 homes across metropolitan St. Louis.
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