UPDATE: Outage restored for hundreds in Jacksonville after storm breaks power pole

UPDATE at 3 p.m.

JACKSONVILLE, Ill. (WCIA) — Power has been restored for the majority of the customers affected by Saturday’s outage in Jacksonville.

As of around 3 p.m., the outage on Morton Avenue that left hundreds without power has been removed from the Ameren Outage Map.

WCIA reached out to the Jacksonville/Morgan County EMA for more information but did not immediately hear back.

JACKSONVILLE, Ill. (WCIA) — Hundreds of people in Jacksonville are without power Saturday afternoon after a storm snapped a power pole in half.

The Jacksonville/Morgan County EMA shared in a Facebook post that the damage was reported on the west end of Morton Avenue.

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The Ameren Outage Map further showed starting around 12:30 p.m., hundreds of customers are without power in that area, with the cause listed as “pole damage.”

Several business were affected by the outage, and the entrance to the city’s Walmart is blocked off at this time, the EMA said.

“Please avoid the area to allow emergency crews and utility personnel room to work safely,” officials added.

WCIA reached out to the Jacksonville/Morgan County EMA for more information but did not immediately hear back. We will share updates as we learn more.

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