Over 13K SoCal Edison customers without power Christmas Eve amid red flag conditions
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FONTANA, Calif. (KABC) Dangerous winds and red flag conditions across parts of Southern California has some communities bracing for potential power shutoffs.
The National Weather Service issued a red flag warning due to Santa Ana wind conditions, and as a precaution, Southern California Edison issued a safety-related power shutoff alert for Wednesday and Thursday. The red flag warning is expected to expire at noon Thursday as winds begin to subside.
As of Thursday afternoon, nearly 155,000 customers in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties are under consideration to have power shut off.
SoCal Edison starts power shutoffs ahead of Christmas Eve amid red flag conditions
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FONTANA, Calif. (KABC) Dangerous winds and red flag conditions across parts of Southern California has some communities bracing for potential power shutoffs.
The National Weather Service issued a red flag warning due to Santa Ana wind conditions, and as a precaution, Southern California Edison issued a safety-related power shutoff alert for Wednesday and Thursday.
As of Wednesday night, a little more than 149,000 customers in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties are under consideration to have power shut off.
Power has also been shut off for approximately 14,500 customers in those counties as of 9 p.m.
Hunger in the Philippines reaches all-time highs
Hunger has risen to historic highs in the Philippines, according to the latest findings from the country’s pollster Social Weather Stations. The finding is an indictment of the capitalist system and the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic in which millions have lost their livelihood and employment without compensation.
Residents try to salvage belongings after their homes were toppled from Typhoon Goni in San Andres, Catanduanes province, eastern Philippines on Monday Nov. 2, 2020 [Credit: Philippine Red Cross via AP]
Social Weather Survey released its findings last Wednesday based on its first survey conducted through face-to-face interviews since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Between November 21–25, the pollster sampled 1,500 adults and probed the issue of involuntary hunger that is, hunger due to the lack of food to eat. The results were extrapolated to the general population with the assistance of the g
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