Power outages leave customers without service

Customers around the Coachella Valley lost power service Tuesday evening.

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UPDATE WEDNESDAY 6/21/2017 6:45 a.m.: All Southern California Edison outages in the Coachella Valley have been restored.

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UPDATE WEDNESDAY 6/21/2017 4:25 a.m.: 3 Southern California Edison customers remained without service in Palm Springs, 8 customers were off line in Cathedral City, and 13 were without service in Palm Desert.

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Repair work was underway with an estimated restoration time of by 6:00 a.m.

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STORY CONTINUES:

According to the Imperial Irrigation District’s Facebook page, the areas in the cities of Mecca, Indio, Palm Desert, Thousand Palms, and La Quinta were experiencing power outages. Power in Palm Desert was expected to be restored in four hours, three in Thousand Palms, no word on when power would return in Mecca, La Quinta, or Indio.

There were also a couple of power outages in Palm Springs, one of which affected over 1000 customers.

According to the Southern California Edison’s outage page, at one point 1391 customers were without power in the area of E Palm Canyon and Highway 111, that number fell to just three. SCE said the outage was caused by equipment failure due to storm damage. There was also a second outage nearby that affected 252 customers. Power in both areas was nearly fully restored.

Stay with KESQ / CBS Local 2 for updates on the outages.