Over 5,000 Omaha residents face power outages due to switch failure

TL;DR
Over 5,600 customers in Douglas County, Nebraska, are without power following wind gusts of 50-55 mph, with the cause of the outage currently unknown.
- Thousands without power across Douglas County Monday morning KETV
- Power outages affecting over 5,000 Omaha Public Power District customers WOWT
- LIVE: First Alert 6’s 7 a.m. streaming newscast WOWT
- OPPD reports power outage in South Omaha KETV
- Power outage in South Omaha due to burnt-out switch, OPPD says WOWT
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