CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — According to the AEP Texas Outage Map, outages began around 8:44 a.m. on Monday, Apr. 18. Power was restored at 9:59 a.m.
AEP Texas reports that upwards 4,500 residents in the Flour Bluff area were without power.
Flour Bluff resident Brittany Garza was at home with her family when her power went out.
"I was about to make breakfast and the next thing I know the power is out," Garza said. "We waited for 20-to-30 minutes and then the next thing I know it's back on and we were ready to get on with the day."
According to AEP, crews responded quickly to restore as soon as they found the cause.
"We were told it was due to some squirrels causing an issue on a transformer or a circuit breaker," said Wes Beseda with ESD#2. "We don't have the exact information, but that's what we were told. The squirrels caused the issue but they were corrected."
Beseda added that nearly 50% of Flour Bluff was without power during Monday mornings outage.
You can click here to view the AEP Texas Outage Map for more information.
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