Millbrook High School affected by late morning power outage

Millbrook High School and more than 6,000 customers were affected by a power outage Monday after a downed tree damaged a power line.

According to Duke Energy, a total of 6,713 customers were affected at noon. The outage was first reported at 11:30 a.m., with more than 3,000 without power.

At 1 p.m., power had been restored to most customers, with less than 300 outages remaining.

Officials with Wake County schools said classes at Millbrook High School continued during the outage.