Severe weather knocks out power in Central Illinois | News

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) – Strong storms knocked out power to 1000’s of consumers throughout Central Illinois Monday morning.

As of 12 pm Monday, Poweroutage.com reported round 1,200 clients with out power in Sangamon County and 800 with out power in Macoupin County. At it is peak, outages earlier Monday in these counties was over 7,500.

Smaller outages additionally hit a number of cities throughout Central Illinois, together with locations in Christian, Macon, Coles, Champaign, and Moultrie counties.

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A line of sturdy and extreme storms moved by way of the world Monday morning, at occasions with wind gusts over 50 miles per hour, hail, and heavy rain.

Severe weather was forecast for Monday with dangers for a number of varieties of weather, together with: hail, sturdy winds, and tornadoes.

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