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Power outages reported across Newfoundland

SaltWire Network | Posted: May 22, 2018, 11:27 a.m. | Updated: May 22, 2018, 11:39 a.m. | 1 Min Read
Newfoundland Power is reporting outages across a large portion of the island of Newfoundland today, May 22. - Newfoundland Power
According to Newfoundland Power's outage centre, there are power interruptions across a large part of the island portion of Newfoundland and Labrador today, May 22. - Newfoundland Power

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Newfoundland Power is reporting power outages across much of the island portion of the province this morning.

According to the company’s outage centre, the power interruptions started at approximately 11:30 a.m.

The affected areas are listed as St. John's/CBS/Mount Pearl/North East Avalon/Southern Shore and vicinity; Whitbourne/Conception Bay North/Cape Shore and vicinity; the Burin Peninsula; Sunnyside/Clarenville/Bonavista Peninsula and vicinity; Gander/Glenwood/Twillingate/New-Wes-Valley and vicinity; Grand Falls-Windsor/Baie Verte/Springdale/Buchans/Lewisporte and vicinity; Corner Brook/Deer Lake and vicinity; and Stephenville/Port aux Basques.

The cause has been identified as the result of a loss of power supply from NL Hydro.

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