Morning commuters can expect major delays today after a powerful thunderstorm blew through Charlotte overnight, leaving in its wake fallen trees and downed power lines.

Police were reporting dozens of roads and intersections either blocked or partially blocked.

All CMS schools were operating on their normal schedules, although approximately 30 reportedly had no electricity. District officials said those schools, all of which had water, would operate “under appropriate emergency procedure, which takes factors such as safety and food service into consideration.”

Downed power lines were blocking both sides of Interstate 485. The closure was in the vicinity of Carolina Place Mall. Nearby N.C. 51 also was closed. Police said I-485 was closed between N.C. 51 and South Boulevard. Authorities said the outerbelt would not reopen until 9:30 or 10 a.m.

Randolph Road, a major thoroughfare for commuters, was partially blocked after a fallen tree took down power lines just east of downtown Charlotte. As of 7:30 a.m., police were on the scene directing traffic but workers had not begun to repair the damage. Morning commuters who use Randolph Road should anticipate significant delays.

Meanwhile, some local residents awoke to find that they are without electricity. At 7:15 a.m., Duke Energy officials reported more than 250,000 outages across the region.

In other instances, residents called police to report that trees had fallen onto their homes. No injuries were reported as of 7:35 a.m.

Below is a list of streets where police reported storm damage:

1001 Tom Saddler
1600 Camp Green
1122 Marietta
5404 Mt Olive Church Rd
Beatties Ford/Slater Ridge
1200 Mineral Springs
800 Hidden Glen - Tree on lines
800 Providence - Blocking NB lanes
Sharon rd/Queens Rd E
Queens/ Selwyn
1825 W Sugar Creek
S Tryon/Clanton
5600 Westpark
Remount/Norfolk
1946 West
Windsor/Edinborgh
Beatties Ford/ Slater Ridge
1200 Mineral Springs
1725 S Tryon
Reames/Secretariat
10500 Rozz Ferry
11044 Dipali
Sugar Creek/Mineral Springs
Sugar Creek/ Rumple
6000 Statesville
5522 Statesville
3100 Providence
10509 Johnston
Worthington/Dilworth
3032 Greenway
Providence/Queens
200 Keswick
400 Keswick
Ashley/Alleghaney
2128 W Trade
7301 Crossridge
725 Mcarthur
12121 Moores Chapel -on house
6015 Running Deer - on house
2432 Afton Ln - on house
2011 Little Rock Rd - on house
1410 Kennsington
7533 Tuckaseegee
300 Tom Saddler
Eastway/Dunlavin
1624 Hawthorne - Power Lines on Tree and on Veh.
1815 The Plaza
1719 Kensington - tree on house
5600 Westpark
Remount/Norfolk
614 Dawn Circle - Not blocking traffic
3111 Airliest - Blocking Traffic
Plott/ Robinson Church Rd - Blocking Traffic
S Tryon/ Clanton - Limbs in roadway
2600 Commonwealth
7600 Tuckaseegee
Providence/3rd
S tryon/Clanton- Low hanging limb 

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