2,600 Homes Without Power in Whitefish Bay Area

If your lights and air conditioning are out right now, sit tight.

At 5:46 p.m., We Energies became aware that 2,633 Whitefish Bay area residents are without power, mostly in the western portion of the village. Roughly 900 are without power in Shorewood and 400 are without power in Fox Point.

In Shorewood, a tree was uprooted and in the 2000 block of East Beverly Road.

We Energies spokesman Brian Manthey said the specific cause of the outage is still under investigation after one hour, but the likely culprit is strong winds that knocked down power lines and tree limbs tangled up in power lines.

Manthey said some reports came in about thunder causing power outages, but he said he does not believe that is much of a problem.

"Now it’s a matter of assessing the damage," he said.

Update: Power is back on at most homes as of 10 p.m. Whitefish Bay Patch will report more details as they become available.

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