Pollen leads to at least 2,000 customers without power in east Austin

AUSTIN (KXAN) — About 2,000 Austin Energy customers in east Austin lost power Monday morning.
According to the Austin Energy map, the outage is taking place near Rogge Lane and Blanton Elementary School, which is in the Windsor Park neighborhood.Widespread rain today, heavy downpours possibleThe utility told KXAN the outage was caused by a power pole catching fire due to rain falling on pollen debris.
Crews are hoping to have power restored by 10:49 a.m.
A similar incident occurred in Apri