Power outages have affected a significant number of residents in the area. The extent of the outages reaches from Las Cruces to parts of El Paso County. At one point, a substantial portion of customers lost power, with nearly 17,000 affected.

By evening, the number of people without power had decreased. As of Saturday evening, around 10,000 people were still without power, according to the utility company. For more information, residents can consult the original report from El Paso Electric.