Nearly 4,500 lose power as high winds sweep Las Vegas Valley
By Glenn Puit Las Vegas Review-Journal
Las Vegas city workers remove tree branches broken by strong wind on Sahara Avenue, near Jones Boulevard on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, in Las Vegas. Strong winds sweeping through the Las Vegas Valley caused power outages for thousands of people in Southern Nevada. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
A Las Vegas city worker removes tree branches broken by strong wind on Sahara Avenue, near Jones Boulevard on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, in Las Vegas. Strong winds sweeping through the Las Vegas Valley caused power outages for thousands of people in Southern Nevada. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
NV Energy workers repair power line knocked down by high wind causing a house water heater to explode at 5113 Mountain View Drive on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, in Las Vegas. Strong winds sweeping through the Las Vegas Valley caused power outages for thousands of people in Southern Nevada. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
NV Energy workers repair power line knocked down by high wind causing a house water heater to explode at 5113 Mountain View Drive on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, in Las Vegas. Strong winds sweeping through the Las Vegas Valley caused power outages for thousands of people in Southern Nevada. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
NV Energy workers repair power line knocked down by high wind causing a house water heater to explode at 5113 Mountain View Drive on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, in Las Vegas. Strong winds sweeping through the Las Vegas Valley caused power outages for thousands of people in Southern Nevada. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Strong winds sweeping through the Las Vegas Valley caused power outages for thousands of people in Southern Nevada on Tuesday morning.
NV Energy reported 4,483 customers without power just before 8 a.m. Nearly 1,500 of those were in central Las Vegas, in the general vicinity of The Strat and to the west. Roughly 1,245 customers were without power were in the cental corridor around U.S. Highway 95 near Jones Boulevard.
Las Vegas police reported an uprooted tree had fallen onto a power line along Wynn Road. Various other road hazards, including debris in the roadway, were reported as strong gusts swept across Southern Nevada throughout the morning.
The National Weather Service was reporting gusts approaching 35 mph early Tuesday. Strong winds were expected throughout the day in Las Vegas.
