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More than 30,000 NV Energy customers were without power on November 5 as high winds whipped through northwestern Nevada.

The majority of the outages were reported between 5 and 7 a.m.

The bulk of the outages were in Washoe County, where nearly 27,000 customers were without power. The hardest-hit Washoe County ZIP codes were mostly in residential areas west of Interstate 80: 89508, 89503, 89523, 89511, 89509 and 89506.

Douglas County customers also struggled with outages, with 3,285 customers losing power. The majority were in the 89449 area code, which covers Stateline on the south shore of Lake Tahoe.

NV Energy said it is investigating the cause of the outages, and as of 7:30 a.m. did not have estimates on when power would be restore

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