Thursday, August 10, 2006

Storm Packs Powerful Punch, Knocks Out Power To Thousands

BOISE -- A major storm moved through the Treasure Valley tonight, uprooting trees, knocking over power lines and started dozens of fires from Ontario to Mountain Home.

Power is out across the Treasure Valley. Idaho Power says about 52,000 customers are without electricity. That represents 144 individual outages. Most of the outages were caused by downed power lines and trees into power lines. Crews are working to get power on again, but a spokesman says it may be several days before all the power is restored.

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