Nearly 17,000 people are experiencing power outages on Friday morning following severe storms and tornadoes that affected southeastern Wisconsin.
According to We Energies, 16,837 customers were without power at around 8 a.m., primarily in Kenosha and Union Grove, where the National Weather Service reported a tornado touchdown shortly after 6 p.m. on Thursday, Wisconsin Public Radio reported. The agency plans to verify the occurrence of the tornado and assess other storm-related effects on Friday.
Numerous highways and smaller roads were closed overnight due to debris and fallen power lines, as reported by the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office
