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Declared a state of emergency for boulder county. im joined by our meteorologist, karen mcguiness. this is very scary, whats happening in colorado right now. truly historic wind storm, according to the national weather service. that fueled these fires. whats the latest from this region, and how weird is it to see something like this, this time of year? >> jim, its been a tragedy, in a week that has already been tragic across colorado, with the mass shooting. what were looking at here is not real...

Cleaning up after hurricane-force winds tore up Colorado Springs — pushing over mature trees, downing fences and cutting power — is in some ways just getting started a week after

Cleaning up after hurricane-force winds tore up Colorado Springs — pushing over mature trees, downing fences and cutting power — is in some ways just getting started a week after

As of Sunday afternoon, Colorado Springs Utilities had restored power to about 96% of customers impacted by last Wednesday’s windstorm, and they hope to have 100% of residents back online

Roughly 400 linemen and other employees are working round the clock to restore power in Colorado Springs following extensive damage to utility poles during the wind storm on Wednesday.

As of Friday afternoon, Colorado Springs Utilities had restored power to 85% of customers impacted by Wednesdays devastating windstorm but estimated 7,000 customers are still without power.

It could take a few more days to repair extensive, system-wide damage and outages, an Evergy representative said Thursday afternoon.

Colorado Springs Utilities crews worked Thursday to get people back online after a windstorm Wednesday knocked out power to tens of thousands.

According to the National Weather Service, straight line winds in excess of 60 to 70 miles per hour ripped through the Melrose-Mindoro area.

As of midday Friday, Colorado Springs Utilities had restored power to 88% of customers impacted by Wednesdays devastating windstorm.