Thousands Without Power In Desert Community Amid Growing Heatwave

RANCHO MIRAGE, CA — More than 700 Southern California Edison customers in Rancho Mirage lost power on Wednesday.

The outage was reported at 11:53 p.m. Tuesday, affecting customers in the area of Frank Sinatra Drive, according to the agency's website.

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An SCE representative told City News Service there were 4,395 customers initially affected by the power outage, but crews were able to quickly reduce that number to about 750. As of 3 p.m., that number dropped to just over 500 customers.

The cause of the outage was not immediately known. SCE officials said power was expected to be restored by about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday.

The power was expected to be fully restored by 10 p.m., according to the SCE Outage Map.