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Cape Girardeau council reviews ice-storm response as outages, warming centers continue
Summary
City leaders reported outages, emergency response activity and warming-center operations after an ice storm and urged residents to avoid downed power lines and report outages to Ameren.
Mayor Kinder said the City Council of Cape Girardeau opened its Jan. 6 meeting with updates on the city's response to a weekend ice storm that left hundreds temporarily without power and prompted extended public-works and emergency operations.
The update matters because crews across departments continued restoration, tree removal and road treatment while warming centers remained open for residents affected by the storm.
Mayor Kinder said the city saw as many as roughly 800 customers without power at the storm's peak and that the number had fallen to about 80…
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