UPDATE 11:15AM: Carson City is experiencing minor, localized flooding, according to the city’s Facebook page. Sandbags are available at Public Works Corporate Yard on Butti Way. Call 887-2355 if you need more information. As of 11:15 there were 14 NV Energy outages in Carson City with 253 customers without power. Douglas County has 16 outages with 165 customers without power. There is one outage in Lyon County with one customer without power.
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UPDATE: 10:05AM: NV Energy reports 380 customers without power in Carson City, 209 in Douglas County and one customer without power in Lyon County. Carson City NV Energy customer Rebecca McBean Coffin said a transformer blew off East Nye at 8:40 this morning and the neighborhood has been without power as of 10:06 a.m. The good news is that the skies appear to be clearing some though some snow showers have started up again and the sun is trying to break through the clouds.
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UPDATE: 9:35AM: There are around 350 customers in Carson City without power as of 9:35 a.m., according to NV Energy. Scroll below and click on latest map. Green dots indicate outages.
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UPDATE 9:24AM: Carson City Fire Department and deputies urge motorists and pedestrians to avoid the west side of Carson City; south of William Street and north of W. 10th Street. There are limbs and wires down; crews are working tirelessly to clear the area, according to Carson City’s Facebook page.
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UPDATE 9AM: NV Energy is reporting more than 1,000 customers in Carson City are without power. Outages stretch from Arrowhead to the north and Koontz Street to the south and areas surrounding Robinson Street. Scroll and click on the map below.
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UPDATE: Carson City is urging residents to avoid the west side of Carson Street, south of Telegraph and north of W. 10th Street. NV Energy, Charter Cable and Carson City Public Works are working to clear tree limbs and restore power and cable lines.
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Carson City sheriff’s deputies and fire department were responding to several vehicle accidents this morning, including a pickup blocking traffic along the Fifth and Fairview roundabout and a tree limb that was blocking traffic on Roop and Second Street.
Motorists should avoid the roundabout area entirely, according to deputies on scene.
A street crew was responding to Roop and Second and to Mountain Street where tree limbs were blocking the roadways. Other vehicles are reportedly spinning out on the roads, winding up in ditches or creating minor fender-benders.
If traveling this morning, please take it slow as roads are icy and slick.
