Four days after storms took out power in several Illinois communities and residents are still without. Central Illinois was hard-hit. Treee limbs came down, power lines were down too. And today (Monday) people are still waiting to get back online.

Amerean crews have been on the job since, progress has been made but many are still in the wait mode.

While they wait, Ameren Illinois says crews will continue to work until every customer has power again. Sunday afternoon, Ameren’s outage map showed hundreds in Champaign County still without power. Danville had 1800 without earlier.

A news release Sunday from Ameren indicated 56,000 people had no power. They say some of the major outage pockets include Decatur, Springfield, Danville, Champaign, and Belleville.  High winds during Thursday’s storms knocked down trees and power lines across Central Illinois. Many have spent the weekend cleaning up debris, and Ameren says over the course of three days, 225,000 people total experienced interrupted electric service because of the storms.

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