In a 9 a.m. update, Xcel Energy said that 97% of outages across Minnesota, Wisconsin and South Dakota have been restored.

After Xcel Energy worked to restore power to a majority of customers who lost electricity during Sunday night's severe weather across, Monday night's storms caused another spike in outages.

Xcel Energy reported more than 2,500 power outages in and around the Twin Cities on Tuesday morning, impacting more than 71,000 residents, following powerful Monday night thunderstorms that downed branches across the state.