Hundreds of PG&E customers lose power early Wednesday morning along North Coast - KRCR
Hundreds of PG&E customers lose power early Wednesday morning along North Coast | KRCR
HUMBOLDT COUNTY, Calif. — According to the PG&E Outage Center, hundreds of customers lost power early Wednesday morning in Humboldt County.
PG&E has assigned crews to assess the cause of the outages across the county.
It's unclear if the weather was the cause for the outages, but the National Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory in Humboldt and Del Norte Counties through 7 p.m. Wednesday.
As of 4:30 a.m., crews were assessing the cause of outages affecting 356 customers west of Kneeland, 395 customers in Carlotta, 195 customers North of Fortuna, and 577 customers in Trinidad and Patrick's Point.
Officials say their power should be restored for some customers as early 8:15 a.m. and as late as 2:00 p.m. for others.
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