Two California utilities said they may cut power to more than 900,000 customers for days starting Wednesday morning because of dry winds that could cause fires. The outages could affect everything from medical devices to street lights, authorities say.
San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo on Monday urged residents and businesses to prepare to be without electricity for as much as a week, saying the outages could affect almost 2 million people.Pacific Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison on Tuesday raised the number of its customers who may be without power from 600,000 to almost 800,000, affecting 34 northern, central and coastal counties, starting with counties in the north just after midnight Wednesday morning.
This event has the potential to be the strongest offshore wind event in the area since the October 2017 North Bay Fires! #CAwx #CAFire pic.twitter.com/G1LUACQZza — NWS Bay Area October 8, 2019 The California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection said Wednesday its firefighters are"staffing up and preparing" and warned that"we need Californians to not be complacent," since"some of the most destructive and deadliest fires" happen between October through December.The city of San Jose had been preparing for a similar event since June, the mayor said.
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