ROCHESTER, Ill. (WAND) — With severe thunderstorms rolling through Sangamon County, over 1,500 people are experiencing power outages near Rochester Sunday.

According to the Ameren Illinois outage map , 1,822 people are being affected by outages that started around 7:38 p.m.

The official cause and a restoration time are still being determined.

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