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Thousands of customers affected by power outage in North Shore

Hawaii News Now · last updated

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) — According to Hawaiian Electric outage map, thousands of customers on Oahu’s North Shore are without power.

The outage started around noon on Sunday.

As of 2 p.m., 3,740 customers were impacted in the North Shore community, according to the Oahu Outage Map.

HECO said there is about 1,500 people without power north of Wahiawa, plus about 2,100 customers without power in Pupukea area.

The cause of the outage is currently unknown but HECO says it could be a transmission line issue.

Crews are working on the restoration now and hope to have all power restored by 3:30 p.m., Sunday.

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