Colorado was hit with an early snowstorm on Wednesday, leaving 100,000 Xcel Energy customers without power Wednesday morning, according to a statement from the company.
The outage was caused by several trees that snapped and fell on power lines. They knocked out service in Denver, Boulder, Ft. Collins, and Greeley.
The company says it deployed around 150 crews to deal with restoring power to affected areas. Michelle Aguayo, a spokesperson for Xcel Energy, told The Denver Post that it “did expect this.”
The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for the Front Range and Eastern Plains regions.
Rocky Mountain Park is expected to get as much as two feet of snow in some areas, reported the 9&10 News television station. Denver is slated to get between 6 and 10 inches of snow throughout the day.
