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Linemen From Nevada, Iowa Travel To Utah To Help Restore Power

Sep 10, 2020, 1:26 PM | Updated: 5:06 pm

Linemen from Iowa and Nevada came to Utah Sept. 10j, 2020, to help Rocky Mountain Power crews resto...

Linemen from Iowa and Nevada came to Utah Sept. 10j, 2020, to help Rocky Mountain Power crews restore power following a severe windstorm. (Photo courtesy of Rocky Mountain Power)

(Photo courtesy of Rocky Mountain Power)

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – More than 60,000 customers were still without power Thursday afternoon after severe windstorms Tuesday caused widespread damage across northern Utah.

Electricity was knocked out for more than 180,000 customers during the storm.

Crews from Rocky Mountain Power have been working around the clock to get the lights back on, and authorities said most customers should have power by Thursday evening.

To ramp up restoration efforts, linemen from Nevada and Iowa traveled to the Beehive State to lend a helping hand.

Rocky Mountain Power spokesperson Spencer Hall told KSL TV that crews are often working on a house-by-house basis, repairing power lines amid storm debris.

“As a wind event … this is the worst I have seen in my 20 years here,” said Travis Hiatt, one of 250 RMP men and women working around the clock to restore power.

Hiatt was part of a crew working in Sugar House on Wednesday, where a power pole snapped in half. The workers were tasked with clearing a fallen tree and debris before installing a new pole and reconnecting the power.

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Linemen From Nevada, Iowa Travel To Utah To Help Restore Power