UPDATE (11:35 a.m.) The power outages have been mostly restored. There are still 48 people without power and 62 people without power in Council Bluffs.
UPDATE (9:30 a.m.) There are now just 198 people without power in Council Bluffs. There are still more than 1,000 without power in Des Moines.
Original Story
As of 7 a.m., almost 2,500 people are without power in Council, according to the MidAmerican Energy website.
Overall, there are more than 7,500 in Iowa without power, with a majority coming in the Southwest part of the state and Des Moines.
