High winds blowing in from the desert in the latest round of Santa Anas may be to blame after thousands of homes all over San Diego County lost power on Thursday.
San Diego County’s mountains and valleys were under a high wind warning while the rest of the county was under a wind advisory through 10 p.m. Thursday as northeast winds are slated to breeze by at 35-45 mph, with some isolated gusts of up to 75 mph, according to the National Weather Service. The NWS warned that the high winds had the potential to lead to power outages.
Santa Ana Winds in San Diego
Large trees came down in Balboa Park and Mission Hills, in San Diego; near Campo, not far from the U.S.-Mexico border; and elsewhere around the county. A woman was struck by the tree in Balboa Park and was lucky to have suffered only minor injuries.
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At a little after noon on Thursday, San Diego Gas & Electric's outage map web page showed nearly 7,500 customers without power everywhere from North County to the border. By 2:30, that figure had shrunk to around 1,600 and by Friday morning, all power had been restored.
The high winds are also affecting traffic in East County, where two big rigs were blown over on Interstate 8.
