Storm causes power outages throughout Desert Southwest
Marcos Icahuate
UPDATE – 4:31 PM
EL CENTRO, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) – The Imperial Irrigation District (IID) says multiple areas around the Imperial County have been experiencing power outages.
Affected areas include the following:
Mecca
Westmorland
Imperial
Brawley
Calexico
Holtville
Winterhaven
El Centro
UPDATE – 3:45 p.m.
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – APS reports two more locations affected by the severe weather.
The third area is on County 11th Street to Somerton Avenue and the other location at 3rd Street to 20th Avenue.
Nearly 2,300 customers have been affected at the time of this update.
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – Nearly 2,000 customers have been affected by a power outage in Yuma, according to APS.
Two power outages happened in Yuma, one in the area of County 10th Street to 18th Avenue.
Another outage was notified in the area of 8th Street to Avenue 3E.
APS says severe weather damaged equipment and is working quickly to restore power.
About 1,937 people were affected at the time of this writing, according to APS.