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Belcourt Power Outages Caused by Weather
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Rain changed to freezing rain over northern Rolette County in the early evening and continued through mid to late evening. The greatest damage occurred to commercial electrical service, though multiple trees were also damage. Area rural electrical cooperatives reported that approximately 1300 meters lost power. Four poles were broken along with wire breaks. The outages were caused by trees either leaning on or breaking power lines. The majority of the outages were east of North Dakota Highway 3. Power was restored to almost all customers by the evening of April 17.
Around twelve inches of total snowfall was reported by Friday morning across Rolette County. The public reported 12 inches of snow in Saint John. Newspaper reports indicated widespread power outages across Rolette County Thursday morning into Friday due to the combination of rain, freezing rain, and heavy snow. Schools and businesses were forced to close Thursday.
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Periods of rain through the day of April 16 transitioned to freezing rain over northern Rolette County in the early evening, and continued through late evening. The greatest damage occurred to commercial electrical service, though multiple trees were also damaged. Area rural electrical cooperatives reported that approximately 1,300 meters lost power at some time during and after the event. Four poles were broken along with some wire breaks, but most of the outages were caused by trees either leaning on or falling onto power lines. The majority of the outages were east of North Dakota Highway 3. Power was restored to almost all customers by the evening of April 17.
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The provider said crews are working to restore power, and hope to have it back on by Saturday night.
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What is Power Outage?
Power outage (also called a power cut, a power blackout, power failure or a blackout) is a short-term or a long-term loss of the electric power to a particular area.
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- Stay away from the downed power lines, park vehicles in protected areas;
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- Pack perishable foods into a cooler, keep refrigerator and freezer doors shut as much as possible.
Belcourt, North Dakota
| City | Belcourt |
| County | Rolette |
| State | North Dakota (ND) |
| Country | United States |
| Zip Codes | 58316 |
Strong winds and heavy snow combined to produce a blizzard. In addition, periods of freezing rain occurred which accreted on power lines. This, combined with strong winds, led to extensive damage to power lines, cross arms, and poles, and thus widespread power outages.