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Thousands lose power in Portland metro area

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Thousands in the Portland, Oregon, metro area lost power Thursday morning due to high winds. KOIN reports that nearly 5,000 Portland General Electric customers had lost power around 6:30 a.m.  According to PGE, most of the outages were caused by wind gusts of 30 mph. At least one outage reported is due to a tree on a power line.

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