Stormy weather brings power outages

6 p.m., Aug. 22, 2025 – We’re seeing some scattered power outages after a quick burst of heavy rain and lightning moved through our area.

A circuit outage in Washington County has left 834 customers there without power. They are between County Road 28 and County Road 38 from County Road P35 to the Missouri River. We have unconfirmed reports of a tree falling on a power line. If repairs go as expected, we hope to have power restored to that group of customers by 7:30 p.m. That could change if we run into unexpected challenges.

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Jodi Baker writes stories and shoots videos for The Wire. Jodi was a television news reporter before she came to work for OPPD as a media specialist in 2013. She's married with two teenagers (a boy and a girl), who keep her and her husband, Dave, hopping. Busy and blessed.