Severe storms bringing lightning, strong winds and heavy rains came through early this morning and left behind a large number of power outages in Fayette County. The storms rolled through between 12:30 and 1:30 this morning and left lots of rain and lots out power outages. In total, Ameren is showing on their outage map this morning better than 300 outages in the Vandalia and Shobonier areas. Also, Southwestern Electric Cooperative is showing 189 outages in Fayette County, with all of them in the Shobonier area and a bit further to the south. No estimated time is yet given on when the power will be restored. Another round of storms looks to be heading to the area early this afternoon.
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