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AEP: Nearly 1,500 customers without power in Hidalgo County - KVEO-TV

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AEP: Nearly 1,500 customers without power in Hidalgo County | KVEO-TV

HIDALGO COUNTY, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Over 1,500 customers are without power in Hidalgo County, according to AEP outage maps.

This comes after nearly 2,000 customers found themselves without power Valley-wide on Friday.

At of 8: 45 a.m. power was restored in some parts of Edinburg and traffic signals are back in operation.

ValleyCentral will provide updates on Valley outages as they become available.

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