OUTAGE: Thousands Of Lake Of The Ozarks Homes & Businesses Lose Power In Winter Storm

LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — Thousands of homes and businesses at the Lake lost power Thursday night, as bitter cold and gusty winds plunged overnight temperatures into negative territory.

Heating systems for homes in Osage Beach have been off for hours, with one resident saying their power went out at 3 a.m. As of 8:45 a.m. on Friday, Ameren was reporting nearly 5,000 customers still without power in Osage Beach, confined almost exclusively to the western half of the city — the west side of the Grand Glaize Bridge. A handful of outages were also reported on Horseshoe Bend.

Meanwhile in Jefferson City, Ameren was reporting more than 1,400 customers without power. About 1,500 customers in the St. Louis area were without power.

Ameren spokesperson Tony Pariano told Lake Expo on Friday morning it was unclear when power would be fully restored. Pariano said Ameren personnel had been working to restore power since the outages happened, and while he could not specify exactly what caused the outage, he said it was weather-related, noting extreme weather can often take a toll on equipment. When temperatures are especially cold, Ameren cannot restore power en masse as it would in the summer: customers will be brought back onto the grid in a "rolling" manner. But Pariano assured Ameren personnel were working to restore power as "safely and quickly as possible."

Overnight temperatures reached approximately -6 degrees, with gusty winds creating a wind chill of nearly -30 degrees. Temperatures on Friday are expected to top-out only in the single digits.

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