High Winds Knock Out Power To Thousands

Residents Affected In Marathon, Lincoln, Oneida, Brown, Vilas, Portage Counties

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Peter Radunzel (CC BY-NC 2.0)

High winds have knocked out power to thousands of people in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin Public Service said the outages impact nearly 24,000 customers in Marathon, Lincoln, Oneida, Brown, Vilas and Portage counties.

About 3,700 customers in Tomahawk and nearly 3,400 in Wausau are without service on Wednesday morning.

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Large trees are down in Marathon Park in Wausau, Wis., Wednesday, May 22, 2019. Rob Mentzer/WPR

We Energies is working to restore service to about 5,500 customers. Xcel Energy said about 2,400 of its customers have lost power.

The National Weather Service said a wind gust of 55 mph was measured at the Rhinelander Airport on Wednesday morning.

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Large trees are down in Marathon Park in Wausau, Wis., Wednesday, May 22, 2019. Rob Mentzer/WPR