IID: Winds knock down 18 power poles; power restored to most customers
Several power poles were knocked down due to strong winds, causing outages in La Quinta, Indio, Bermuda Dunes, Mecca, & Thermal that latest for a couple of hours., the Imperial Irrigation District announced Monday evening.
Outages affecting about 2,000 customers in both Coachella Valley and Imperial Valley due to wind storm this afternoon. Initial assessment is 18 transmission poles down. Some customers may experience no power for up to 48 hours. Additional updates to follow. IID (@IIDatWork) March 16, 2021
The outages started just before five as winds started to pick up in the central and eastern ends of the Coachella Valley. Power was restored to most customers by 9:30 p.m.
Valley residents react to Monday’s whipping wind storm
People are still cleaning up after yesterday’s wind storm that knocked down trees and power lines across the Coachella Valley.
News Channel 3’s Dani Romero has more how residents are dealing with the impacts from the storm.
Those gusty winds are back. They blew through a La Quinta neighborhood Monday afternoon causing havoc in the backyard.
For Bethany Alvarez, this was the view from her window.
“I have never seen the palm trees whip like they were so close to whipping out of the ground, said Alvarez. I am like please don’t fly into the neighbors, please don’t hit someone’s house.”
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