Thousands lose power as blizzard blows through Lincoln
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – Thousands of Lincoln Electric System customers lost power Tuesday during a winter storm.
At one point in the evening, more than 5,000 customers did not have electricity.
As of 11:45 p.m., that number as down to 1,500, according to the utility’s outage map.
That number peaked at more than 5,000 earlier in the evening.
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Lancaster County is under a blizzard warning.
The Storm Alert Team said wind gusts of up to 70 mph are possible.
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The Lincoln Transportation and Utilities Department said power outages knocked out traffic lights at 10 intersections Tuesday night:
- 17th and G streets
- 17th and M streets
- Centennial Mall and M street
- 14th and N streets
- 17th and Q streets
- 16th and O streets
- 17th and O streets
- Antelope Valley Parkway and P Street
- 48th and Fremont streets
- 48th and Adams streets
Three intersections have flashing red lights:
- 25th and O streets
- 27th and Vine streets
- 14th and N streets
LTU said those intersections should be treated as four-way stops.
