SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — Thousands of SDG&E customers were without power Sunday as triple-digit temps scorch San Diego County. At its peak, 14,000 customers were without power throughout the region.
An outage at the Jamacha substation impacted roughly 10,500 customers. The initial outage was reported at 3:15 p.m. and power has been restored to a majority of the customers in the La Presa, Spring Valley and Rancho San Diego neighborhoods.
As of 6 p.m., roughly 6,100 people are without power throughout San Diego County, a spokesperson for SDG&E told CBS 8. It's most prominent, they said, in eastern San Diego County and Center City.
SDG&E is still investigating the root cause of the problem but said investigators are confident it's weather-related.
Dangerously hot temperatures will continue across San Diego County with more heat expected to peak between 10 and 25 degrees warmer than normal. Temperatures will remain hot into Tuesday of the workweek. A cool down is expected to start by Wednesday as a through of Low Pressure moves into the Pacific Northwest.
An Excessive Heat Warning is in effect for San Diego County inland valleys. The alert will expire around 8 p.m. Monday.
A Heat Advisory is also in effect for the coastal and metro cities in San Diego County through Monday until 8 p.m.
High temperatures are expected to be in the mid-90s near the coast and close to triple-digits a few miles inland.
Officials advised the public to protect themselves from the heat by drinking plenty of fluids, staying out of the sun during the hottest times of the day, taking shelter in air-conditioned spaces and checking up on at-risk relatives and neighbors.
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