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Power Outage ‘Not Caused By Weather’ Reported In West Columbia

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Status

Confirmed by an official source

Independent sources

1

First seen

Oct 13, 10:46 PM CDT

updated Oct 15, 7:16 PM CDT

Topic

Local News

What Happened

Power has been restored to 1,300 in southwest Columbia, KMIZ reported.

Written by our system from the sources below (1), version 3, Oct 15, 9:00 PM CDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.

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How It Unfolded

Oct 13, 11:24 PM CDT · first source seen

Official Confirmation

A utility outage map showed customers without power in the county. · Oct 13, 11:36 PM CDT
A utility outage map showed customers without power in the county. · Oct 13, 11:36 PM CDT

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Boone County and its neighbours, as they are right now. The event is placed on the county; it is not drawn as a point.

How We Decided

Oct 13, 11:27 PM CDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 13, 11:43 PM CDTPublished: One source reported it, and an official source confirms it.