Over 17,000 customers without power in Merced area as storms roll in

MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) -- Over 17,000 customers are without powerfulness successful Merced Thursday greeting arsenic storms rotation in.

According to the PG&E outage map, the outages were reported conscionable earlier 5:30 am.

Power is expected to beryllium restored astir 9:15 americium Thursday.

Heavy rainfall with flooding concerns is expected for the Merced area.