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Live updates: Nearly 170,000 customers without power in Omaha metro as long storm recovery begins

Storms creating damaging wind gusts up to 100 mph, sideways rain and house-rattling thunder left at least 218,000 without power in the Omaha metro Wednesday evening, according to Omaha Public Power District’s power outage alerts.Massive trees were downed, branches fell inside houses and neighborhoods roared with the sounds of chainsaws beginning to clear the damage.By Thursday morning, the dawn showed that recovery from the storm will take a while.8:55 a.m.|Omaha Public Power District has called in extra crews and is assessing the extent of the damage as it works to restore power to the more than 200,000 customers left in the dark by Wednesday night’s powerful storm. People are also reading… The official figure for customers who lost power was put at 218,332, slightly below what had been reported Wednesday. As of 8 a.m. Thursday, power had been restored to about a third of those, leaving 147,189 still without power. The outage appears to represent a record for the utility, topping the…