Strong winds bring down trees, cause power outages across Bay Area

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'If this goes on any longer, we could be in trouble.' High winds caused chaos across the Bay Area Saturday, downing dozens of trees and knocking power out to more than 20,000 customers and businesses.

The tree knocked power lines down, leaving neighbors in the dark. ABC7 Assistant News Director Josh Hubbard, spoke live from his house on ABC7 Mornings as the chaos unfolded.

"There's an Oakland firefighter in front of my house, I'm on the second floor, there's a powerline dangling," said Hubbard.Not far away, a topped tree was blocking Colton Boulevard. "It'll take a couple of days to clean up and get power back, we'll be cold and miss the football game," said neighbor Rob Nickerson.Strong winds toppled this huge Elm tree in Oakland’s Rockridge neighborhood. Car crushed, no injuries.

 

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