PG&E preparing for possible power outages ahead of strong wind and rain

As the tempest rolls in, PG&E is prepping for imaginable powerfulness outages successful the areas that tin expect the astir impact.

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Clouds and breezes rolled done the Central Valley connected Wednesday greeting up of an impactful storm.

PG&E is gearing up by utilizing artificial quality to find wherever to presumption its crews.

"By utilizing it to analyse anterior upwind information and anterior powerfulness outage information and benignant of combining those 2 things utilizing AI, that gives america predictability successful presumption of modeling successful presumption of wherever we're going to spot the astir important impacts," PG&E spokesperson Jeff Smith said.

The inferior says the Fresno County foothills should expect beardown winds and powerfulness outages.

"There's much vegetation successful those areas," Smith explained.

"You person vegetation with upwind that gets intertwined with our lines and causes powerfulness outages."

On apical of the wind, immoderate volition beryllium seeing snow.

"We'll beryllium seeing areas similar Mariposa, Oakhurst, Coarsegold each spot astatine slightest accumulating snowfall truthful that'll marque things beauteous slick successful those areas," AM Live meteorologist, Christine Gregory said.

PG&E added that the grapevine should expect a important impact.

"If folks are traveling successful that area, determination volition successful each likelihood beryllium immoderate outages arsenic that tempest moves through," Smith said.

Crews volition enactment done the nighttime to assistance those who suffer power, but nightfall tin origin issues.

"If our crews cannot safely entree an country due to the fact that of visibility issues astatine night, those customers whitethorn beryllium without powerfulness until the adjacent morning," Smith explained.

The inferior advises everyone to complaint their phones and immoderate different devices needed earlier the tempest rolls in.

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