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Power restored for all customers in West Des Moines, MidAmerican Energy says

A spokesperson for MidAmerican Energy says power has since been restored for all but 1,700 customers.

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Nearly 5,800 customers in West Des Moines were without power Thursday morning.

5,770 MidAmerican Energy Company customers in West Des Moines experienced outages, according to the MidAmerican Energy outage map

MidAmerican spokesperson Geoff Greenwood told Local 5 the loss of power occurred just before 10:30 a.m., but all power was restored shortly after 1 p.m.

Greenwood said the outages were caused by a faulty cable under Interstate 35. 

The West Des Moines outages were concentrated on EP True Parkway, just off of Mills Civic Parkway. 

However, MidAmerican also reported a handful of outages in Des Moines and broader Polk County. 

To report a MidAmerican outage, click here

Reported MidAmerican outages

*By metro area, according to a MidAmerican update at 2:30 p.m. Thursday. Totals may not match with MidAmerican's website. 

  • Council Bluffs: 0 customers
  • Des Moines: 3 customers 
  • Fort Dodge: 0 customers
  • Iowa City: 0 customers 
  • Quad Cities: 1 customers 
  • Sioux City: 0 customers 
  • Storm Lake: 0 customer
  • Waterloo: 0 customers 
  • Total: 4 customers 

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