Santa Ana winds knock out power to thousands in California
- The huge gusts toppled trees and knocked out power throughout Southern California. (Photo: Associated Press)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say some of the worst Santa Ana winds in years blasted through California, toppling trees and power lines and delaying flights as a low-pressure front threatened bring fierce gusts throughout Southwestern states.
High wind warnings and wind advisories are in effect for parts of California, Utah, Nevada, and Arizona, New Mexico and Wyoming.
In California, winds sweeping down through canyons created gusts of up to 80 mph through the night, with a 97-mph gust recorded Wednesday night at Whitaker Peak in Los Angeles County.
More than 250,000 customers in Southern California were without electricity Thursday morning and about 26,000 more in the Santa Cruz Mountains of Northern California.
San Francisco was spared any blackouts but thousands elsewhere in the Bay Area were in the dark.
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