Thousands of We Energies customers wake up without power, majority in southeastern Wisconsin

Thousands of We Energies customers woke up without power Tuesday, with a bulk of the outages impacting customers in southeast Wisconsin.

As of 7 a.m., roughly 5,200 customers statewide remained without power. Here's a breakdown of the number of customers by county without power: Roughly 960 in Milwaukee County, 2300 in Waukesha County, roughly 880 in Walworth County, 540 in Washington County, 174 in Jefferson County and 128 customers in Ozaukee County.

We Energies is "working safety and quickly" to restore power, according to its website . Report or check on a power outage by clicking this link .

If you encounter any downed trees affecting power lines stay 25 feet away and call WE Energies at 800-662-4797.

This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Thousands of We Energies customers wake up without power, majority in southeastern Wisconsin