Several lines, poles down; 2,300 lose power in Cape area

About 2,500 Ameren Missouri customers were without power Wednesday afternoon in Cape Girardeau and Scott counties after storm rolled through the region.

Ameren spokeswoman Trina Muniz said the company first received reports of outages about 1:30 p.m. According to a weather station at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport, a wind gust of 55 mph was recorded between 11:53 a.m. and 12:53 p.m. Wednesday.

Multiple lines were down, and poles were broken in the Cape Girardeau area because of high winds. Muniz said she did not have an estimated restoration time mid-afternoon Wednesday because Ameren still was sending out crews.

At mid-afternoon, Ameren reported 2,387 outages in Cape Girardeau County, with areas northeast of Cape Girardeau to Egypt Mills and west of Cape Girardeau to Gordonville being the most affected. Ameren reported 209 outages in Scott County with Scott City, Delta and Kelso being affected.

By 10 p.m., the number of outages in Cape Girardeau County totaled 202. In Scott County, it was 4.