Massive blackouts hit California to prevent wildfireshome/News/World/Massive blackouts hit California to prevent wildfiresRolling blackouts set to affect millions of Californians began Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) as a utility company started switching off power to an unprecedented number of households in the face of hot, windy weather that raises the risk of wildfires. “Extremely critical” fire conditions were expected in parts of northern California Wednesday, and in southern California around Los Angeles county Thursday, the National Weather Service said. More than 100,000 customers could lose power across eight Southern California counties, SCE said. With frustration rising, California state Sen. Jerry Hill described the mass blackouts as “excessive” in their scale. “This cannot be something that can be acceptable nor long-term,” Hill told the Los Angeles Times.

Source: Manila Times October 10, 2019 23:03 UTC