Hundreds of thousands of people faced power outages late Saturday night into Sunday in the Sacramento area and across Northern California.SMUD showed more than 345,000 customers were impacted in the Sacramento area, as of 1:50 a.m.KCRA 3 Meteorologist Dirk Verdoorn and anchor Brittany Hope were live into the early morning on our social media accounts. Watch below: | MORE | See SMUD’s outage map here Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s outage map also showed 147,000 customers without power across its service area.| MORE | See PG&E’s outage map hereThe National Weather Service said winds gusted to more than 60 mph in some areas and there are “numerous trees and power lines down.” “These are exceptionally strong winds and we’re seeing the results of that,” Verdoorn said.The area seems to be past its peak for the highest wind gusts. But winds will remain strong until around 7 a.m., he said. Yuba City down to Modesto looked to have seen the heaviest issues. Sacramento area law enforcement and first responders are responding to a multitude of emergency calls for downed trees, blocked roads and toppled power lines.Stay with KCRA 3 for the latest.
Hundreds of thousands of people faced power outages late Saturday night into Sunday in the Sacramento area and across Northern California.
SMUD showed more than 345,000 customers were impacted in the Sacramento area, as of 1:50 a.m.
KCRA 3 Meteorologist Dirk Verdoorn and anchor Brittany Hope were live into the early morning on our social media accounts. Watch below:
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| MORE | See SMUD’s outage map here
Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s outage map also showed 147,000 customers without power across its service area.
| MORE | See PG&E’s outage map here
The National Weather Service said winds gusted to more than 60 mph in some areas and there are “numerous trees and power lines down.”
“These are exceptionally strong winds and we’re seeing the results of that,” Verdoorn said.
The area seems to be past its peak for the highest wind gusts. But winds will remain strong until around 7 a.m., he said.
Yuba City down to Modesto looked to have seen the heaviest issues.
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Sacramento area law enforcement and first responders are responding to a multitude of emergency calls for downed trees, blocked roads and toppled power lines.
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