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Heavy winds and downed trees caused power outages in the Camas-Washougal area, and several other spots around Clark County today.
The first outage was reported just after 6:30 a.m. in north Camas. According to Erica Erland of Clark Public Utilities, power was restored to those 3,000 customers just before 9 a.m.
Outages, however, continued to occur, at one point impacting nearly 20,000 customers around Clark County.
As of 2 p.m., just 14 customers in Camas-Washougal were still without power. They were among more than 7,000 countywide.
Clark Public Utilities maintains a map detailing power outages.
The National Weather Service has issued a high wind warning, for the greater Portland and Vancovuer Metro area, including Camas and Washougal. It remains in effect until 3 p.m. Wednesday.
The system will bring east winds of 25 to 45 mph, with gusts up to 65 mph.
