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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mark Scolforo and Margery A. Beck

High winds cause power outages and property destruction as wild March weather blows in

Climate-Wild Weather - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Hundreds of thousands of people were left without power Saturday after high winds raked eastward from the Great Lakes region, leaving trees down and substantial property damage in their wake. Further west, at least one person died in a massive wind-driven wildfire in Nebraska.

Nearly 450,000 customers were still affected by midafternoon in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan, according to PowerOutage.us, which tracks outages nationwide.

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