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Crews battle power outage impacting nearly 850 customers in New Bern

WITN · last updated

NEW BERN, N.C. (WITN) — Crews in New Bern are responding to a power outage impacting nearly 850 people.

The City of New Bern posted about the outage Sunday around 7 p.m., saying it has a crew on the way.

They said they are working to restore service as soon as possible.

No information was shared about what caused the outage, but it happened after the area received heavy snowfall.

Dangerously cold temperatures are also expected in the city tonight.

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