MILWAUKEE — More than 50,000 We Energies customers lost power Monday afternoon as strong winds pummeled parts of southeast Wisconsin.
As of 2 p.m. Monday, 51,128 We Energies customers were without power.
More than 30,000 of those outages were in the City of Milwaukee, followed by Oak Creek (3,887), Racine (2,938), and South Milwaukee (2,615).
Since Monday afternoon, We Energies crews have restored service to more than 35,000 customers.
The company expects to restore power to about 80% of customers by Monday night and the remaining customers by Tuesday afternoon.
The Milwaukee Fire Department responded to an "unusually large number of reports of wires down," and the DPW forestry division has received nearly 100 emergency calls for downed trees and branches, according to a city spokesperson.
Watch: More than 50,000 We Energies customers lose power as high winds down trees in southeast Wisconsin Monday
Port Milwaukee reported roof damage at two warehouses on its grounds.
The strong winds caused minor flight delays at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport. The airport also reported minor damage from the winds.
TMJ4's Brendyn Jones spotted multiple trees down in Milwaukee's Riverwest area.
This massive tree was completely uprooted and landed on parts of two houses near Humboldt and Concordia.
Jones later spoke to one of the impacted homeowners, Gregory Brulla who says his roof is damaged, and there is visible damage inside the home as well.
"I got a little teary eyed, this is my first home, I’m a first time home owner and it hit me cause that’s a lot of damage," said Gregory Brulla.
The intersection has seen a lot of flooding recently, including earlier this month. Brulla said the tree has been underwater at least twice in the last year.
This large tree was blocking traffic on Holton St., north of Wright St.:
Carson Kellogg shared this photo of another large tree that completely tore out parts of the sidewalk near Booth and Locust, also in Riverwest:
More storms are possible Monday evening in southeast Wisconsin. Stay with Storm Team 4 for the latest.
You can view the We Energies outage map here.
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