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High Winds Knock Out Power To Thousands

March 19, 2012 5:41 PM
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My Chevron high-rise sign fell down due the heavy wind gust today on 100 N Booth Calloway Rd in Hurst, Tx 76053.
Thanks God, nobody was hurt. - Murad Pirani

FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) - The strong winds ahead of the storm knocked out power to thousands of people all over Dallas / Fort Worth.  At 5:40 p.m., Oncor reports 16,000 D/FW customers are without power.

Most of the outages have been caused by the wind, Oncor says.  And the wind is damaging more than power lines.  CBS 11′s Susy Solis reports:

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