ST. LOUIS — Thousands are without power across the bi-state area following storms.
As of 5:35 a.m., according to Ameren Missouri, there are 31,179 power outages, which is about half as many as there were Monday night.
St. Louis County: 16,989
Jefferson County: 7,370
St Charles County: 2,881
St Louis city: 3,746
And according to Ameren Illinois’ outage map, there are 39,038 customers in the state without service as of Tuesday morning.
St. Clair County: 2,453
Monroe County: 746
Madison: 71
Marion: 14
Parts of Missouri and Illinois were under a severe thunderstorm watch until 10 p.m. Monday.
Some areas saw a lot of lighting, heavy rain and strong gusty winds. There also were reports of pea-size hail.
Several areas in the 5 On Your Side viewing area also were under a severe thunderstorm warning until 5:45 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.
5 On Your Side's Jim Castillo said the storms moved at about 45 mph.
As of 5:30 p.m., there are reports of wind damage near Troy, Missouri. There are no reports of flash flood warnings as of now.