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Power Outage in Rock Island, Moline

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By Clay LePard

clepard@cbs4qc.com

UPDATE 2:18 P.M. - According to MidAmerican's outage map, power has been restored for most in the Quad Cities.

UPDATE 2:06 P.M. - Power outages continue in Rock Island and Moline. This time, it's more than 13,500 affected. We will keep you updated throughout the day.

ORIGINAL STORY:

More than 12,000 homes were without power at around 10 a.m. Saturday in Rock Island and Moline.

Several streets lights in the area went out as a result.

Tim Grabinski of MidAmerican Energy says it was an issue with a primary line that caused the substation to go out.

Power was restored just a few hours after. You can view MidAmerican's Outage map by clicking here.

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