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Thousands in Erie face flickering lights and power outages

UPDATE: Power has been restored to most Penelec customers in Erie County with 22 outages being reported as of 11:37 a.m. Saturday.

Erie, Pa. ( WJET/WFXP) — Thousands of people woke up Saturday morning to flickering lights and power outages.

According to a representative from Penelec, over 13,000 people are without power in Erie County and crews are working as fast as possible to restore power.

Estimated restoration time for most households is 12:30 PM. The representative also tells us the cause of the outage is due to the severe wind storm.

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