Many Jefferson County homes and businesses were without electricity today (Feb. 24) after high winds and heavy snow brought down power lines and even a few poles, said Ameren spokeswoman Trina Muniz.
As of 3 p.m., 1,664 of the 87,899 Jefferson County customers were without power, according to the Ameren website.
Muniz said there was no estimate for when the customers’ power would be restored.
“People will work throughout the night (to restore it),” she added.
The largest number of power outages in the county this afternoon was in Imperial, where 1,165 customers had no electricity, the website said.
In the west part of the county, Hoene Springs had 945 customers without power, High Ridge had 232, House Springs had 104, and both Cedar Hill and Dittmer had 57 each.
In Fenton, there were 1,324 without power, but most of those were in the St. Louis County portion of Fenton, according to the website.
Arnold had 13 customers without electricity, and in Barnhart there were two.
In the south part of the county, Hillsboro had the highest number of outages, with 23 customers without power, followed by Festus, with 20 outages. Both De Soto and Herculaneum had nine outages each.