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Hundreds lose power in Raleigh when utility pole goes down

WRAL.com · last updated

A utility pole went down on Avent Ferry Road in Raleigh on Wednesday afternoon, causing power outages for some around NC State University.

It’s not known what caused the pole next to Mission Valley Shopping Center to fall onto a tree.

Police responded and some stop lights in the area were out. The outage impacted the National Weather Service, which has offices at NC State’s Centennial Campus. WRAL meteorologist Kat Campbell said the NWS is unable to transmit radar data from Raleigh-Durham International Airport during the outage.

Around 2:30 p.m., there were more than 900 people impacted by outages, according to Duke Energy’s outage map.

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