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It is already a long day and it's going to be a long weekend for utility workers after a weekend storm knocked out power to thousands early Saturday morning.

Areas without power stretched from Inkom through Pocatello to Fort Hall and west through Power County.

And these are pictures sent to us by Georgy Lyle of the dozens of tipped power poles along U.S.91 this morning.

While some areas have had their power restored, many others are still waiting.

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