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Severe Storms bring widespread wind damage to the Omaha metro David Koeller OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - UPDATE 7AM: An extremely powerful line of storms raced through the Omaha metro around Midnight early Saturday morning, bringing winds of 70 to 80mph to much of the area. Widespread wind damage ranging from broken tree branches, fallen trees, fallen power lines, broken power poles, and even building damage has been reported across much of the area. As of 7:30am, OPPD still reports more than 167,000 customers are without power due to the overnight storms. Crews are working to restor...

Severe Storms bring widespread wind damage to the Omaha metro David Koeller © Provided by Omaha WOWT The Omaha-metro awoke to scenes like this after an overnight storm late Friday and into early Saturday, July 10, 2021, with winds topping 75 miles per hour blew through the area. OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - UPDATE 2:30 PM: OPPD gives updates on power being restored throughout the Omaha metro. They say there are about 110,000 customers without power and this is the most severe storm they have seen in recent history. Customers reminded to use generators safely amid outages, which ha...