6,000 without power, 100 without natural gas as historic rain, flooding hits area

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Around 6,000 customers lost power Monday night as storms hit west Madison and the areas west of the city, according to a release from Madison Gas and Electric.

More than three dozen separate outage incidents impacted about 6,000 electric customers as record-breaking rains fell, officials said.

As of 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, the number of impacted customers was down to about 2,000 in the Madison and Middleton areas, according to the release.

The remaining outages are resulting from 32 separate incidents, and flooding and high water continue to make some of those areas inaccessible for repairs, including Deming Way and Pheasant Branch Road in Middleton and Gammon and Mineral Point roads in Madison, officials said.

MGE is unable to provide an estimated time for when the power will be restored, according to the release.

“As daylight arrives and our crews are able to better assess the flood waters we expect to have a better understanding of the storm’s overall damage,” officials said in the release.

There are also more than 100 natural gas customers without service in Middleton and Cross Plains, MGE officials said. About 800 customers could lose natural gas service in Black Earth, Cross Plains, Mazomanie and Middleton due to flooding.

If you have flood damage, smell a natural gas odor or need to report a power outage, call MGE at 252-7111.

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