Tens of thousands of people again woke up without power on Wednesday after the storms that blew through the region Monday night and early Tuesday morning knocked down trees and power lines.

In St. Paul, power lines could be seen sparking during one of the rounds of storms.

Xcel Energy estimates more than 250,000 homes and businesses were without electricity at some point, adding that most customers should have power restored by Thursday evening.

By 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, there were a little over 20,000 customers still impacted by the 1,875 outages remaining. That’s down from the 29,063 customers waking up without power early Wednesday morning in the Twin Cities metro as well as western Wisconsin.

In an update just after 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Xcel said crews have restored power for 95% of customers affected by the storms. They noted that crews have replaced the equivalent of 14 miles of wire and more than 250 power poles in total or in part.

Xcel adds that they anticipate restoring power to most of the remaining 12,000 customers by Thursday evening.

The peak outage hit 150,000 customers, stretching as far north as Chisago and Isanti Counties and northwestern Wisconsin.

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According to Xcel, about 1,700 workers have been working to restore electricity while people work to clean their yards and neighborhoods.

Those same crews are also working to beat another round of storms expected to arrive sometime during the afternoon and evening hours on Thursday. Minnesota’s Weather Authority has issued a Forecast First Alert for Thursday due to the chance of severe thunderstorms. CLICK HERE for the latest forecast.

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Learn what to do during a power outage here. You can find Xcel Energy’s outage map here, and a list of other major utility companies in the state and links to their outage maps can be found by CLICKING HERE.

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