Preventive California power cuts will leave 2.4-million in the dark
Outages will hit 34 counties, including much of the San Francisco Bay area, triggering a scramble by residents to prepare for what may be days without power
09 October 2019 - 18:26
San Francisco — It was a once-unthinkable move: purposely shutting off power to millions of people and plunging a major metropolitan area into darkness.
On Wednesday, utility PG&E Corporation began cutting electricity to almost 800,000 California homes and businesses — representing about 2.4-million people — to prevent wildfires as high winds are forecast to whip through the state...
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