Over 500 Coralville residents without power

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CORALVILLE (KWWL) -

About 500 MidAmerican customers in the Coralville area were without power Thursday morning.

A spokesman with the company says it was caused by an underground cable that went bad.

Crews have been at the scene since 2 a.m.Thursday. It may take a few hours before it is fixed.

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