Power Restored in Baldwin Park, But Another Major Wind Event Expected Wednesday

Power has been restored to the nearly 17 customers in Baldwin Park who experienced outages as a result of Monday's fierce winds, but forecasters say that another major wind event is expected to occur Wednesday.

As of Tuesday morning, the only area in Los Angeles County where a wind advisory was still in effect was the county's portion of the San Gabriel Mountains, where the wind was blowing at speeds of between 30 and 40 miles per hour and gusting at 55 mph, according to the National Weather Service.

The wind advisory was scheduled to expire at 11 a.m., along with a high surf advisory. But another major wind event was developing.

"High pressure will build into Nevada this evening and will create a northeast wind event for L.A. County on Wednesday," according to a NWS advisory.

Local utilities, meanwhile, reported getting a handle on the thousands of outages that occurred around the region amid Monday's fierce winds.

- City News Service and Patch Staff