Overview
- More than 90,000 customers statewide remained without electricity Tuesday morning, according to poweroutage.us.
- Xcel Energy has deployed over 1,000 workers and contractors to repair downed lines and restore service.
- Scattered smaller outages could extend restoration times, the utility says, as crews focus on the most significant failures first.
- Wind gusts up to 74 mph toppled large trees across the Twin Cities metro and western Wisconsin, blocking roads and damaging power lines.
- Residents spent a second day clearing debris under sunny skies and were urged to report downed or sagging lines to Xcel Energy’s hotline.