EL PASO, TEXAS (KFOX14/CBS4) — Nearly 8,000 El Paso Electric customers are without power on Wednesday night in East El Paso amid thunderstorms, according to the utility’s outage map.
According to the El Paso Electric outage map, as of 10:15 pm on Wednesday, 7,076 residents are without power due to multiple outages, with most of the outages concentrated in East El Paso and in far East El Paso County.
The outages come as thunderstorms hit across the borderland on Wednesday, KFOX14/CBS4 has reached out to El Paso Electric for more information and if the outages are related to the storms.
It is unclear when the power will be restored.
This is a developing story, check back for updates.
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