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Map: Where the PG&amp;E public safety power outages will be; 386,000 to go without power, officials say

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By | | Bay Area News GroupDue to extreme fire weather conditions and a red flag warning running from Sunday to Tuesday across most of Northern California, PG&amp;E announced late Friday that it will be shutting off power to roughly 386,000 customers.The outage will the largest ‘public safety power shutoff’ of 2020 so far. It will affect 38 counties and 22 tribes, officials said.Forecasters say winds of up to 70 mph at higher elevations and 50 mph at lower elevations are expected across the Bay Area on Sunday night and early Monday morning.Shutoffs reduce the chances that high winds will topple power lines causing major fires amid very low humidity and extremely dry conditions.To see specifics for your community, use the map below or go to .We invite you to use our commenting platform to engage in insightful conversations about issues in our community. We reserve the right at all times to remove any information or materials that are unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane, indecent or otherwise objectionable to us, and to disclose any information necessary to satisfy the law, regulation, or government request. We might permanently block any user who abuses these conditions.Get Morning Report and other email newslettersFollow UsMost PopularClose

By | | Bay Area News GroupDue to extreme fire weather conditions and a red flag warning running from Sunday to Tuesday across most of Northern California, PG&amp;E announced late Friday that it will be shutting off power to roughly 386,000 customers.The outage will the largest ‘public safety power shutoff’ of 2020 so far. It will affect 38 counties and 22 tribes, officials said.Forecasters say winds of up to 70 mph at higher elevations and 50 mph at lower elevations are expected across the Bay Area on Sunday night and early Monday morning.Shutoffs reduce the chances that high winds will...

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