{"id":438517,"date":"2026-09-17T06:36:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T06:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/438517\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T06:36:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T06:36:18","slug":"heavy-rain-causes-power-outages-across-el-paso-nm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/438517\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy rain causes power outages across El Paso, NM"},"content":{"rendered":"

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM<\/a>) — Over 10,000 El Paso Electric customers are without power after heavy rain and strong gusts, according to the utility company’s Power Outage map.<\/p>\n

Most of the outages are located in West El Paso, the Upper Valley, Anthony, Vinton and even as far up as Berino and Las Cruces.<\/p>\n

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A spokesperson with El Paso Electric told KTSM 9 News that as of 9:25 p.m., about 10,994 customers are without power across 55 outages.<\/p>\n

The outages are being driven by severe weather conditions, including lightning and torrential rainfall.\u00a0Restoration efforts may be impacted in some areas while severe weather remains active, but crews will continue working to restore power as quickly and safely as possible,” the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

As of this report, EPE does not have an estimated restoration time for the outages, but will continue to monitor weather conditions. Additionally, more outages are possible as the storms move through the area.<\/p>\n

“Customers are\u00a0asked\u00a0to exercise caution around downed power lines and other storm-related hazards and to report outages through EPE’s outage reporting channels, and to call\u00a0911\u00a0if they are in immediate danger,” EPE said.<\/p>\n

Spectrum customers received an alert about power disruption, with power restoration estimated at 1:45 a.m.<\/p>\n

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KTSM crews were on Doniphan Drive and captured the power outage, showing no lights from traffic lights or businesses.<\/p>\n

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Power outage on Doniphan Drive on 9.16 due to weather conditions. Photo taken by Edith Montero\/KTSM<\/p>\n

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Power outage on Doniphan Drive on 9.16 due to weather conditions. Photo taken by Edith Montero\/KTSM<\/p>\n

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Power outage on Doniphan Drive on 9.16 due to weather conditions. Photo taken by Edith Montero\/KTSM<\/p>\n

As well, a tree has appeared to be uprooted due to the strong winds and rain in Northwest El Paso near West Towne Marketplace.<\/p>\n

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Uprooted tree due to weather in Northwest El Paso. Photo taken by Krystal Oblinger\/KTSM.<\/p>\n

The National Weather Service has issued a flood advisory for South Central Do\u00f1a Ana County and Northwest El Paso on Wednesday, Sept. 16.<\/p>\n

The advisory is in effect until 9:30 p.m., and the warning includes minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.<\/p>\n

Parts of West El Paso and Southern New Mexico were hit with heavy rains earlier in the evening, with some areas hit by “sideways rain.”<\/p>\n

Roads, such as Doniphan in El Paso’s Upper Valley and parts of Interstate 10, were flooded as cars had to tread through the high waters.<\/p>\n

KTSM 9 News Chief Meteorologist Robert Bettes forecasted strong thundershowers approaching from Mexico, with rain that could exceed one inch per hour.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Storms wrapping up earlier tonight in El Paso\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Over 10,000 El Paso Electric customers are without power after heavy rain and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438518,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,32675,140,139,14400,498,24844,14428,4375,99944,8346,2264],"class_list":["post-438517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-electric","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-heavy-rain","tag-ktsm","tag-northwest-el-paso","tag-power-outage","tag-severe-weather","tag-upper-valley","tag-weather-conditions","tag-west-el-paso"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}