PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — More than 10,000 people in the Portland area are without power Tuesday night as a bomb cyclone continues to impact the region.
As of 6:30 p.m., Portland General Electric is reporting that a total of 8,540 customers are without power.
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Additionally, Pacific Power says 2,322 are affected by the outages.
“Our meteorologists have been working round the clock, keeping an eye on all the weather that’s coming our way,” said PGE spokesperson John Farmer. “We have daily operations meetings where they let everyone know what’s going on. And that enables the planning to happen to be able to prepare and respond to whatever Mother Nature throws at us.”
“We’re monitoring rainfall and the evolving forecasts. We’re ready to respond to closed storm drains as needed. Rain so far has been a half inch, which is well within what we can handle in 24 hours. The public should clear storm drains and monitor them during and after the rains this week,” added Dylan Rivera with the Portland Bureau of Transportation.