AEP Texas: Power in the Valley may be out for days

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AEP Texas says some customers in the Rio Grande Valley may be without power until Monday night.

In a Twitter post, the company said utility crews have been working throughout the night and morning to repair downed utility poles and lines. The company said it had reduced the number of outages Saturday to approximately 90,000 customers.

The company says at the peak of the storm 156,000 of their customers were without power.

Listed below are the projections of when AEP Texas believes power will be restored to these cities across the Valley:

Edinburg - Monday 10 p.m.
Harlingen - Saturday 10 p.m.
McAllen - Monday 6 p.m.
Mission - Monday 10 p.m.
Pharr - Monday 10 p.m.
Port Isabel - Saturday 10 p.m.
Rio Grande City - Saturday 10 p.m.
San Benito - Saturday 10 p.m.
Weslaco - Sunday 8 p.m.

The Brownsville Public Utility Board said Saturday morning it had less than 1,000 customers still without service. But it added in a Twitter post that high winds were making the repairs difficult.

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