California power authorities are planning to cut power for residents across 38 counties – affecting nearly a million people – as extreme fire weather threatens the region again.
Pacific Gas & Electric is attempting to avoid a repeat of a 2018 blaze sparked by damaged power equipment, leading to the destruction of much of the town of Paradise and the deaths of 85 people.
PG&E spokeswoman Lynsey Paulo said the utility’s meteorologists were tracking “the strongest offshore wind event of the season.”
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