What to do and when your power will be back [Video]

A massive storm ravaged infrastructure and downed trees in Minnesota on Monday evening and Tuesday morning, leaving upwards of 150,000 households without electricity at its peak. How long will it take for power to come back? And what do those stranded without power for days need to know about water usage? Here are a few commonly asked questions and recommendations from Xcel Energy:

Most Minnesota cities are expected to have power restored by 7 a.m. Thursday, according to Xcel Energy’s outage map, although a post by the utility on the social media site X said some customers might have to wait until the end of Thursday. Many already had their power restored. Customers can check their area’s outage status by visiting the utility’s online outage mapand clicking on “Reports” on the left side of the screen. From there you can narrow the number of outages by city or ZIP code, or click on Outages Details to see …