El Paso Storms Cut Power to 7,500 Across Borderland
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A severe thunderstorm system swept through the El Paso borderland region on Monday, June 15, knocking out power to approximately 7,500 customers across multiple communities on both sides of the Texas-New Mexico line. According to outage data from El Paso Electric cited by CBS4 Local, the blackouts stretched across Anthony, Santa Teresa, Vinton, and Mesilla, while within El Paso itself the heaviest damage was concentrated in the northeast, particularly the Parkland and Chaparral neighborhoods.
A Borderland in the Dark
The outages were widespread enough to affect communities in two states, reflecting the broad reach of the thunderstorm line as it pushed through the region. El Paso Electric dispatched repair crews immediately after the storm passed, but the utility did not provide a specific timeline for full restoration. The scattered nature of the damage, with outages distributed across multiple municipalities, required crews to assess and repair circuits across a wide geographic area.
The storm arrived during a period of heightened alert for Texas emergency management. According to CBS4 Local, Governor Greg Abbott had directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management on June 2 to preemptively activate state emergency response resources in anticipation of severe weather throughout the storm season. The order came as the state was still reeling from the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl, which had knocked out power to nearly three million customers across Texas on June 1.
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