Power outage

Snake blamed for power outage

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Officials say a snake slithered into an Oklahoma City electric substation and knocked out power to about 10,000 customers overnight.

Power outage hits parts of Box Elder

BRIGHAM CITY -- Several cities in Box Elder County experienced a blackout Thursday evening. About 850 Rocky Mountain Power customers in Corinne, Brigham City,

Fallen power pole disrupts traffic

TREMONTON -- A fallen power pole and line disrupted traffic south of Tremonton on Tuesday afternoon.

Residents survey damages caused by a tornado in Kennedal, Texas, on Tuesday, April 3, 2012.Tornadoes tore through the Dallas area Tuesday, peeling roofs off homes, tossing big-rig trucks into the air and leaving flattened tractor trailers strewn along highways and parking lots. (AP Photo/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Khampha Bouaphanh)

Tornadoes destroy homes in Dallas area; no deaths

ARLINGTON, Texas — The tornado hurtled toward the nursing home. Physical therapist Patti Gilroy said she saw the swirling mass barreling down through the back door, after she herded patients into the hallway in the order trained: walkers, wheelchairs, then beds.

Power pole explosion shuts down I-15 in Riverdale

RIVERDALE — A power pole exploded, leading to a three-car crash and an hour-long closure of Interstate 15.

No cause found for brief power outage

OGDEN — More than 2,600 people in Ogden were without power Thursday afternoon.

A power line went offline around 3:34 p.m., leaving 2,648 customers without power, said Rocky Mountain Power spokeswoman Margaret Ohler. A crew patrolled the line but could not find a reason for the power being off. It got the power back on at 4:05 p.m.

Freeport Center in Clearfield Wednesday, August 30, 2006.--PHOTO BY MATTHEW HATFIELD

Power outage at Freeport Center sends workers home

CLEARFIELD -- Three circuits at a Clearfield substation serving 4,000 customers, including the Freeport Center, lost power early Thursday for just over an hour, resulting in workers at the industrial park being sent home.

A car tries to negotiate its way around a fallen tree near the 1800 block of Maple Lane on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, in Kent, Wash. A heavy ice storm proved too much for many trees in the Kent area. (AP Photo/The Seattle Times, John Lok)

Snowstorm leaves 250,000 without power

SEATTLE -- A powerful Pacific Northwest storm knocked out power to about 250,000 electric customers around Seattle, Tacoma and Olympia after it coated much of Washington in ice and swelled Oregon rivers, killing a child and two adults. Besides the outages, the big concern now is more flooding in both states with warmer temperatures and rain.

Power outage hits West Haven

WEST HAVEN — An equipment problem left 1,985 people without power for 10 minutes Wednesday morning.

Sandy refrigeration plant fire forces evacuations

SANDY -- A fire at a Sandy refrigeration plant has forced authorities to evacuate some nearby workers and residents.

Kaysville school closed today

KAYSVILLE — Morgan Elementary School in Kaysville will be closed today, Davis School District Communications Director Chris Williams said.

The school was still without power Sunday night as a result of the severe winds that hit the area Thursday.

Morgan Elementary in Kaysville closed on Monday

KAYSVILLE -- Morgan Elementary School in Kaysville will be closed Monday, Davis School District Communications Director Chris Williams told the Standard-Examiner.

Most have power again in Ogden area

OGDEN -- Most of the people who were left in the dark by the wind storm Thursday have power again.

RUTH MALAN/Standard-Examiner correspondent
Jim Brown starts his chainsaw in front of his house on Saturday. A tree landed on his red truck and part of his roof during the wind storm on Thursday.

Crews still working to restore power in east Kaysville

KAYSVILLE -- Many residents on the east side of Main Street remained without power Saturday, but the city hopes to have it restored soon.

ROBERT JOHNSON/Standard-Examiner
A worker looks at a crushed car with the stump of the tree that fell on it and a broken light pole in the background in Ogden after a wind storm caused damage throughout Northern Utah on Thursday.

Devastation in Davis

CENTERVILLE -- Sara Dickes plans to spend today and Saturday, at least, working with her family to cut up the uprooted pine trees in her yard.

"Well, we can finally plant the maple ones," she said, trying to put a positive spin on the damage caused by Thursday's windstorm.

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