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.