Shelters to help keep people cool had opened at Sunrise Elementary School, at 2645 Landon Drive, and at Mohave Valley Fire Station #81 at 1450 Willow Drive in Mohave Valley.
It will take “more than 12 hours to start restoring power, with the latest restoration lasting greater than 24 hours,” the electric cooperative’s statement said. The National Weather Service showed a high temperature of 111 shortly before a gust of 20 mph when the power was knocked out at the airport around 6:10 p.m. Try to avoid the roads as crews are out working to clean up debris.īullhead City, about 100 miles south of Las Vegas, was hit by the storm at about 6:30 p.m., the electric cooperative said in a statement. Please do not call our 911 center regarding power outages. MEC crews are working on repairing damaged power poles & restoring power. ⚠️Severe damage from the thunderstorm has caused a city-wide power outage. The city asked residents to conserve water until the power is fully restored. There were also reports of water outages in several neighborhoods on Monday, according to a tweet from the city. They said it could take until Monday night to repair all of the damaged power distribution poles that run along a transmission provider line that also was knocked down and have electricity fully restored. Mohave Electric Cooperative September 5, 2022 Currently, there are 8,000 members remaining without power, with crews continuing to work through the night to restore power.
Last night with wind microbursts reporting over 80 mph, the storm left more than 36,000 residents without power for 20 hours. That line has now been reconnected, allowing several substations to be re-energized quickly, MEC said.Ĭrews plan to work into Monday night in an effort to get power restored to all customers.
The cooperative said a microburst of about 80 mph was reported during the storm, adding that one of the major problems was the main transmission line of 230kv becoming disconnected from the rest of the system. Originally, 36,000 people were without power after at least 50 poles were downed, according to Mohave Electric Cooperative. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal)Ībout 8,000 residents of Bullhead City, Arizona, remained without power late Monday afternon after a severe Sunday thunderstorm with powerful winds roared through, toppling many of the city’s power poles, authorities said. Jetskiers cruise across along the Colorado River near Bullhead City Community Park in May 2020. FILE - Power to all Bullhead City, Arizona, residents was knocked out by a thunderstorm and high winds on Sunday, Sept.
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