COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Colorado Springs Utilities says that power has been restored for more than 10,000 El Paso County customers who lost power during Monday's windstorm.
Power restored for all! As of early this afternoon, all 10,400 customers who lost power because of Monday's windstorm have been restored. A shout-out to our crews & Wildland Fire Team, @CSFDPIO, @CityofCOS, @CSPDPIO & @cityoffountain. And cheers to our supportive customers.💡🙌🏼 pic.twitter.com/RO66KeQ5lm
— Colorado Springs Utilities (@CSUtilities) May 8, 2024
The high winds Monday affected and damaged power lines across the city, which left areas without power.
You can always stay up to date with outages by visting the Colorado Springs Utilities outage map.
Due to the downed power lines the Colorado Springs Police Department says multiple intersections across the city could be facing issues and any intersections without lights should be considered, a four-way stop.
Community Notification: Down Traffic Lights
— Colorado Springs Police Department (@CSPDPIO) May 6, 2024
Due to extreme wind conditions, there are many intersections without functioning traffic lights. CSPD wants to remind all motorists that intersections without functioning traffic lights should be treated as four-way stops.
CSU says to treat any traffic stops without power as a four-way stop and to drive carefully.
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