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A powerful storm swept through Nebraska on Thursday night, unleashing strong winds and thunderstorms that left a trail of ...
Severe thunderstorms swept through Nebraska and Iowa overnight Wednesday, leaving thousands of Omaha Public Power District ...
At its peak, the Omaha Public Power District’s outage map showed over 9,000 customers impacted by outages at 10 p.m. Monday.
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Power crews with Lincoln Electric System, Norris Public Power, Nebraska Public Power, and the Omaha Public Power District addressed power outages in their service areas due ...
HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) - Hastings Utilities reported that 45 people were without power after an outage on Sunday. Electrical ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – An “aging” utility pole collapsed in north Lincoln on Saturday, leaving dozens without power. In a ...
Matt Eggers, left, of Gretna, cleans off his driveway after the tree in his front yard fell over onto his newly renovated roof after severe weather in Gretna, Neb., on Friday, Aug. 2, 2024. Aaron ...
At the peak, OPPD reported nearly 219,000 customers without power after strong, damaging winds moved through eastern Nebraska. It was the largest outage event in OPPD history .
Nebraska was the worst affected, with over 200,000 outages recorded by PowerOutage.us, a site that collects, records, and aggregates live power outage data from utilities all over the U.S ...
The high winds toppled trees, damaged property, and snapped power lines, leading to Nebraska’s largest power outage on record with 218,332 OPPD customers left in the dark.