Power restored to thousands of Austin Energy customers

AUSTIN, Texas - Thousands of Austin Energy customers were without power Tuesday due to high winds, says the utility.

All power has since been restored.

By the numbers:

On March 4, more than 30,000 Austin Energy customers were without power due to hundreds of active outages, according to the utility's outage map. 

Outages were reported all over the Austin area, with the greatest concentration in the North Lamar and Braker Lane area.

All power was restored by Tuesday night.

Lakeway outage

Dig deeper:

Lakeway police said about 600 Austin Energy customers were without power near Lohmans Crossing and Lakeway Boulevard, and south to the police department.

The outage was due to a tree falling on the power lines.

All power was restored shortly after.

What caused the outages?

Big picture view:

Austin Energy says the outages are being caused by extremely high winds sweeping through the area. Those winds can then lead to broken tree limbs and damaged electrical equipment.

A Red Flag Warning and Wind Advisory are in effect for all of Central Texas.