LOS ANGELES, CA — The iconic palm fronds of Los Angeles and falling tree branches were blown into power lines, knocking out power to about 10,600 Los Angeles Department of Water & Power customers Monday. Strong strong Santa Ana winds buffeted the Southland, and some DWP customers faced prolonged outages ranging from four to 12 hours, according to DWP officials.
The outages hit neighborhoods across the city, but he largest outages were reported in Woodland Hills, Westwood, Hollywood, Sawtelle and Studio City, according to LADWP. Elsewhere around the county, more than 8,000 Southern California Edison customers lost power Monday. According to its website, it had confirmed that wind created an outage for 269 customers in La Canada Flintridge and 45 customers in San Dimas.
According to the company's media representative Reggie Kumar, on an "average blue sky day," about 4,000 to 6,000 customers throughout its coverage region lose power, while during high winds on Monday, over 90,000 Southern California Edison customers experienced outages.
Windy conditions were expected to last through Tuesday in most of Los Angeles and Ventura counties, but the most damaging gusts were expected Monday.
Gusts of 60 to 90 mph were observed Monday across the Los Angeles County mountains and adjacent foothills, according to the National Weather Service, including 96 mph in the San Gabriel Mountains south of Santa Clarita. Gusts of 45 to 65 mph were forecast in valleys and wind-prone coastal areas.
City News Service and Patch Staffer Paige Austin contributed to this report.
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