Power outage affects thousands

More than 2,000 households successful the Las Vegas Valley were without powerfulness aboriginal Friday arsenic beardown winds and rainfall swept into Southern Nevada.

NV Energy said astatine 6 a.m., 2,062 customers were without power. The powerfulness outages were reported arsenic a upwind beforehand moved into Las Vegas astatine astir 4 a.m., bringing with it particularly beardown upwind gusts. The highest upwind speeds reported astatine Nellis Air Force Base ranged from 45 to 56 miles per hr astir 4 a.m., said John Adair, meteorologist with the National Weather Service. Gusts were arsenic precocious arsenic 46 miles per hr astatine McCarran International Airport.

“This was the starring borderline of rainfall that moved up from Southern California this morning,” Adair said. “There were nary thunderstorms but determination is rainfall with beardown winds aloft.”

A widespread, airy dependable rainfall caused aggregate fender benders and crashes successful the Las Vegas Valley. The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada said determination were crashes connected the 215 Beltway astatine Decatur Boulevard. There was besides a clang astatine Interstate 15 and the beltway. Delays were reported successful some cases, and motorists were urged to usage caution and hole for dilatory question owed to bedewed roads, with McCarran International Airport reporting postulation lights were retired successful the country of the airport.

“We are experiencing a powerfulness outage which is impacting immoderate thoroughfare lights astir the airport, arsenic good arsenic assorted areas successful Terminal 1 and parking areas,” the airdrome said. “If you are headed to the airdrome delight let much question time.”

Adair said the rainfall is expected to determination retired my mid-morning. The precocious somesthesia Friday was expected to beryllium successful the scope of 76 degrees. Adair said a overmuch colder upwind strategy volition get successful the Las Vegas Valley opening connected Monday. As the week progresses, the National Weather Service said determination is simply a 24 percent accidental of a frost adjacent week successful the Red Rock Canyon area.

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