TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — For over 48 hours over the weekend, the neighbors in the San Xavier area lived without power. The monsoon storm knocked out the power lines in the area and the estimated time for the power to come back on kept changing. Alexia Urias has lived in the neighborhood since 2018.
"It's never lasted more than a few minutes, maybe a couple of hours but never days," she said.
According to the Tohono O'odham Utility Authority, crews worked 40 hours starting on Saturday until the power was restored late Monday night. TOUA also reported that they had to build a brand new line in order to return power. They worked with Tucson Electric Power to fix the power lines. But each year, monsoon storms in the summer aren't a surprise.
"We do everything we can to inspect our systems, we really prepare for monsoon all year around,” Joe Barrios, the public information officer from TEP.
For Urias, she hopes the TOUA and other companies help reimburse them for all the food they lost and provide more protection for the power lines.
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