Power Still Out to Rural Customers
Local News
by
Krista Fogelsong
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Friday, February 05, 2010
Power outages in the Dakotas caused by that late January ice storm followed by a blizzard are down to fewer than 100 rural electric customers.
Crews in North Dakota are working to restore power to 24 homes. And in South Dakota, the Rural Electric Association says only about 60 homes remain in the dark.
At the peak of the outages, more than 20,000 people in the two states were without electricity.
This latest weather system could bring half a foot of snow to some areas. But, hopefully not the ice that caused last month's outages.
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