Nearly 34,000 customers across Wisconsin don't have power amid snowy and cold conditions

Nearly 34,000 people across Wisconsin had no power as of 5 p.m. Friday amid snowy and cold conditions.

The outages are largely concentrated to We Energies customers in southeastern Wisconsin.

We Energies is reporting nearly 33,000 customers without power. While Alliant Energy reports about 400 customers are affected by outages and Wisconsin Public Service reports about 425 customers affected.

The outages are mainly from heavy snow weighing down tree limbs and causing them to come in contact with equipment, We Energies spokesperson Brendan Conway said in a statement.

Hundreds of We Energies employees are working to restore power.

Milwaukee County accounted for 13,901 of the We Energies customers without service, with 7,315 of them being in Milwaukee, the map said.

Waukesha County has 12,347 customers out of service, per the map. That includes 1,493 in Waukesha, 3,359 in New Berlin and 1,014 in Hartland.

Washington County has 2,523 customers out of service.

Customers can see the latest information on estimated time of restoration for their outage on the outage map or on the We Energies app. If you see any downed wires, stay at least 25 feet away and report it to We Energies or law enforcement.

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This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin power outages: Snow storm impacting We Energies customers

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