'Likely' Power Shutoffs To Impact Multiple NorCal Counties Amid Red Flag Warning
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The latest on some Public Safety Power Shutoffs expected on Monday:
12 p.m.
About 100 PG&E customers are without power in Solano County, officials say.
No other Solano County residents are expected to lose power at this point, but PG&E says about 5,200 customers across a total of 10 counties are expected to be affected.
In total, about 1,600 PG&E customers have had their power cut so far on Monday.
7:01 a.m.
Power shutoffs are "likely" Monday in 13 counties, including multiple across the Sacramento region, with severe fire weather expected, Pacific Gas and Electric announced.
The shutoffs are expected to occur between early Monday morning and Wednesday evening. A Red Flad Warning will be in place Sunday night from 11 p.m. to 11 a.m. on Tuesday for portions of the Sacramento Valley, Sierra Nevada and foothills.
According to the National Weather Service, gusty winds will develop late Sunday night across portions of the Sacramento Valley and surrounding areas "with the strongest winds for the Valley, Coastal Range, and mountains north of Interstate 80 are expected Monday morning."
The potentially impacted counties are Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Kern, Lake, Mendocino, Napa, Santa Barbara, Shasta, Solano, Sonoma, Tehama and Yolo.
Approximately 1,400 customers are expected to be impacted in across Colusa, Solano and Yolo counties.
To see if you or your community will be impacted, enter your address on PG&E's website.
