Troops help 480,000 lacking power in St. Louis
• Thousands without power
July 21: Storm leaves hundreds of thousands without power in St. Louis.
MSNBC
July 22, 2006
ST. LOUIS - Another day of severe storms knocked out electricity for tens of thousands of additional residents, but brought along a cold front that was welcome relief for those waiting for power to be restored.
A strong thunderstorm rolled through the region Friday, two days after one of the worst storms in recent memory caused more than 500,000 Ameren Corp. customers to lose power. Utility crews had trimmed that number significantly by Friday morning, but the total rose again after the storms, adding another twist to a week that has seen at least 29 heat-related deaths across the nation.
Late Friday, about 480,000 homes and businesses in the St. Louis area braced for a weekend without electricity. Ameren officials said it could be early next week before the outages are resolved.
