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I-15 back open, multiple outages and downed power lines reported in Idaho Falls Updated at Share This Video courtesy Idaho State Police IDAHO FALLS — Interstate 15 is back open and electricity is being restored following multiple downed power lines and outages Monday night. The city of Idaho Falls received the first report of a problem around 11:10 p.m. on the 1400 block of Lindsay Boulevard. A driver reported that a power pole was on fire and a power line across I-15 had the potential of f...

Idaho State Police (ISP) responded to a transformer explosion on Interstate 15 north of Idaho Falls, near Milepost 119. The explosion occurred early on Tuesday morning. A transformer is an electrical device that transfers power from an electrical circuit to another, sometimes multiple. When a transformer is loaded with too much electricity at once, an explosion can occur. Transformers are designed to shut down when an energy spike is detected,...

Dorians brunt. downtown charleston facing a triple threat, as rivers, heavy rain, and high tides converge. forecasters warned dorian could dump up to 15 inches of rain on the city and a storm surge could send 4 to 7 feet of water ashore. >> this is still a very dangerous storm. as you know, its impossible to predict exactly where its going to go and whats going to happen and where the tides are going to be. >> reporter: high winds are another huge concern. downed power lines flailing in the stre...

Theyre expecting as much as 10 feet of water to wash over the coast. our brian todd is in charleston. i know that was a scene just earlier from behind you, brian, with that transformer blowing. what is the latest that you can tell us? >> reporter: well, brianna, were just getting pounded right now with another band of wind and rain from this hurricane. its lingering here. its still very powerful. just check out how im getting hit from my left side with wind and rain as this street continues to b...

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To our south right on the beach. we had to get out of there very quickly because the water literally within five minutes started rising and coming toward us. it was up to our knees. we knew it would get much deeper. weve also seen a lot of transformer fires. power lines are coming out and fires are not being put out because the fire officials arent out right now. everyone is taking care of their families and taking care of critical situations. the situation near the coast is scary, we think its ...

Wilmington. just above the horizon i can see the blue explosions, the transformer explosions, the power has gone out already, and 280,000 customers without power, and the number rising minute by minute. behind me is the northeast cape fear river. one of the rivers that flows into the atlantic, the concern is that the storm surge will push some of the river up, and you might see flooding from the surge pushing up, but in the next few days, the rainfall falling at three inches per minute will floo...

Back. if we dont have a hard number as to how many are here. what we do know is that as it stands right now we have over 7,500 people without electricity and we dont know when that will be cut back on. we have not been able to do an assessment of our roads and our bridges, and what were worried about at this point is the flooding situation. that can be in a matter of four to five days before things crest, so we really dont know what the true impact of the flooding is going to be really across ou...

Bit ago and there was lightning near the eye wall. had transformer explode outside of the hotel. i was in the hotel room and it rattled the entire thing. we went outside and sparks were flying. we have seen transformer explosions out here. the wind is increasing. report of 60 mile an hour gust. and im on cocoa -- >> looks like we may have lost reeds audio there. he is on cocoa beach. he was talking able is a storm surge. they are vulnerable because there is the ocean on one side and a river on t...

Able to compete with the rest of the world. that was never a question for other generations. all of a sudden, were questioning whether we should make those investments. >> governor dan malloy. youre in the thick of it. thank you for your time tonight. we appreciate it. >> thank you. i have a modest proposal. how about this? sometimes power goes out because of transformer explosions or water. more frequently power goes out because a tree falls down on the power line. how about we do a big stimu...