Arctic blast leaves thousands without power in San Antonio

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Thousands of CPS Energy customers in the San Antonio area are without power this morning as an arctic blast producing freezing rain and icy conditions has settled in.

, there are 88 outages affecting more than 41,000 customers in Bexar County as of 6 a.m. At least one resident reported on the social media platform Reddit seeing a transformer explosions near the Loop 1604 and Bandera Road intersection on the far Northwest Side.

Most of the outages appear to be in the Leon Valley area, where CPS Energy is reporting 26 outages. Another 16 are in the Timberwood Park area off U.S. 281 in far northern Bexar County.San Antonio warns of black ice and hazardous conditions. Here’s how to drive in winter weather. In a tweet, the utility company said many of the outages have been caused by ice accumulation on trees and power lines.

CPS Energy crews are working across our service area to resolve weather-related outages w/ many to have been caused by ice accumulation on trees & power lines⤵️

 

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