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Over 109,000 homes and businesses in California are in the dark Wednesday, as another atmospheric river storm brought more of heavy and rain and snow to the state.
Power outages have been reported throughout the state, but the majority of outages are occurring in Northern California, as the National Weather Service has placed flood advisories throughout the area as rain and wind gusts continue.
“Numerous reports of downed trees as winds gusted to over 60 mph in many areas,” the NWS Bay Area said.
The Pacific Gas and Electric Company said Wednesday 144 poles and 73 transformers were damaged and “that number is expected to increase.”
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Over 109,000 customers are without power as of 12 p.m. PT Wednesday, according to the outage tracking website PowerOutage.us.
Most of the outages being reported are in Alameda County, where the city of Oakland is located, with 30,721 customers in the dark, according to USA TODAY Network’s power outage database.
Other areas heavily impacted include:
- San Mateo County: 19,327 outages
- Santa Cruz County: 16,400 outages
- Contra Costa County: 14,283 outages
- Los Angeles County: 6,722 outages
- San Francisco County: 6,544 outages
- Santa Clara County: 3,520 outages
When will power be restored in California?
PG&E said its crews are working “safely and as quickly as possible” to assess power damage and restore power in affected areas. At 6:45 p.m. PT Tuesday, the company said 244,000 of its customers were without power, but the number dwindled to 78,516 as of Wednesday morning.
The company added it has over 5,727 mobilized personnel to assist in restoring power.
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