Ameren Illinois storm restoration in the Bloomington-Normal area faced disruption from heavy rainfall, with more than 5 inches reported in some communities.
About 9,000 customers remained without power as of 9:30 a.m. Saturday, following storms that began Aug. 13.
Crews restored more than 50,000 outages since Aug. 13; more than 900 resources remained deployed, with wet conditions slowing work.
The utility targeted restoring 80% of remaining Bloomington-Normal outages by 6 p.m. Saturday under its posted estimated safe restoration time.
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