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76K Without Power As Powerful Storm Rocks Bay Area

Most of the outages were on the Peninsula, where 36,114 were without power as of 5:45 p.m., according to PG&E.

A powerful New Year's Eve storm flooded the intersection of 14th and Mission streets in San Francisco.
A powerful New Year's Eve storm flooded the intersection of 14th and Mission streets in San Francisco. (Gideon Rubin/Patch)

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA — As emergency crews responded to dozens of reports downed trees and flooded roads on Wednesday evening, more than 76,000 Bay Area customers were without power.

Most of the outages were on the Peninsula, where 36,114 were without power as of 5:45 p.m., according to PG&E.

The outages affected 19,874 in the North Bay; 10,532 in San Francisco, 5,396 in the East Bay and 4,416 in the South Bay, according to PG&E spokesperson Tamar Sarkissian.

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