AMES, Iowa — Thousands of customers in west Ames were out of power Thursday morning, according to the Ames Electrics Services outage map.
Ames police said on X the outage was caused by lightning striking a power pole on Mortensen Road near Hayward Avenue early Thursday.
The Ames Electric Services outage map indicated more than 5,000 customers were affected by the outage. Outages began around 4:30 a.m. Power was restored around 8:40 a.m.
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