Thousands of Sierra Nevada residents remain without power after December storm

Monday, January 10, 2022
LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (KFSN) -- Thousands of residents in the Sierra Nevada west of Lake Tahoe are still without running water, heat or power.

That's after a powerful storm last month dumped heavy snow that downed trees and damaged electrical equipment.
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The outages began on December 26 after a storm that was part of a record month of snow for the region.

PG&E says the vast majority of households have their power back, but crews are still working to restore electricity to nearly seven-thousand customers.

"Hopefully they'll get it done fast. Seems like they're doing a pretty good job getting moving things along. I mean it's pretty amazing really," says resident Jim Christofferson.
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Officials say the prolonged outage has been especially hard for people with disabilities or health issues who use electric medical devices.

Even those with generators say it's been a long wait for their power to be restored.



Crews have also been in the area working to clear downed trees.
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