Thursday power outages in Delaware blamed on high wind – The News Journal

Power crews were restoring service to customers but thousands of users were still in the dark early Thursday evening. Several houses were damaged by trees as well, but there were no reports of serious injury. Delaware News Journal

Numerous New Castle County residents reported power outages on Thursday as a result of the day's high winds, which also felled trees throughout the county.

More than 9,000 customers in Delaware were affected on Thursday, the power company reported, with more than 180 outages across the state. As of Friday morning, about 1,700 people were still affected.

The power company said the outages were due to weather conditions.

Agencies respondedto weather-related emergencies,Aetna Hose, Hook & Ladder Company said in a Facebook post.

RELATED: Damaging wind gusts expected in lower Delaware on Thursday

Closures, damages and injuries werereported in different areas of the state.

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A person wastaken to the hospital with minor injuriesafter a tree fell onto a homeon Forest Drive in Forest Brook Glen near Newport, according to New Castle County Police.

Newark Police partially closed Capitol Trail for about three hours whena tree and wires fell into the road. Route 41 at Brackenville Road wasalso temporarily closed due to a fallen tree and wire, according to the Department of Transportation's website.

High winds also reportedly damaged the Saville apartments at Wilmington's Sixth and King streets.

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