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FORT SMITH, AR The monumental power failure in Texas caused by unseasonable cold showed how extreme weather can push an electric grid to the brink.
The average U.S. power customer loses electricity for 1.5 to 2 hours annually even before extreme weather events are taken into account, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. As the Texas experience showed, hurricanes, snowstorms, heat waves and other extreme weather events can make such outages dramatically worse.
Customers in Arkansas state experienced 7.30 hours without power in 2019 2.60 more hours than the national average of 4.7 hours in 2019, which is the most recent information available, according to the EIA.
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Power outages reported with storms Early-morning storms knocked out power to nearly 200 people. (Source: AP) By Region 8 Newsdesk | January 25, 2021 at 6:11 AM CST - Updated January 25 at 8:12 AM
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - Early-morning storms knocked out power to nearly 200 people.
At 6 a.m. Monday, Jan. 25, Craighead Electric Cooperative Corp. reported 186 customers without electricity.
Many of those affected were located in the Sedgwick area. Early-morning storms knocked out power to nearly 200 people. (Source: Craighead Electric Cooperative)
The outages were reported at 5:29 a.m. as a storm system moved across the area bringing heavy rain and cloud-to-ground lightning.
The storms also knocked out several traffic signals in Jonesboro, according to E-911 Director Jeff Presley. The outages were reported on Caraway Road between Highland Drive and Parker Road.