On Sunday, Portland General Electric warned some 5,000 customers living near Mount Hood that they may temporarily lose their power.
in parts of Western Oregon and a small part of far southwestern Washington state.
Portland General Electric is experiencing outages in Clackamas, Columbia, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Wasco, Washington and Yamhill counties, affecting more than 88,000 customers.A map from PGE demonstrating the hundreds of power outages affecting thousands of people in Portland, Oregon, caused by high winds and a risk of fire weather.
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