Thousands without power along the Oregon Coast Wednesday morning
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- Thousands are without power along the Oregon Coast Wednesday morning after a storm blew through the area.
According to Pacific Power's outage map, as of 7:20 a.m. just over 17,000 people along the northern Oregon Coast, from Cannon Beach to Astoria, are without power.
While there is still no exact time frame for restoring power, Pacific Power said on X that crews are working as quickly as possible throughout Clatsop County.
Multiple schools in the area are also on 2-hour late starts due to the outages.
On Tuesday, a High Wind Warning was put in place over the region and Pacific Power confirmed that the outages were due to damage from the storm.
The High Wind Warning ended at 4 a.m. Wednesday morning.
Stay tuned while we keep you up to date on this developing story.