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Around 11,000 Pacific Power customers lost power in Deschutes County following lightning strikes early Thursday evening, but power was restored to most quickly.

By 5:30 p.m., the power company’s outage map showed crews were responding to four separate outages in Bend affecting just 3,500 homes. Another in Redmond was shown as affecting one customer. The power company later showed the Bend outage affecting 1,500 homes.

Customers were being told by text to expect their power to be restored by 8 p.m.

The outages knocked out traffic lights at U.S. Highway 97 and Cooley Road north of Bend, slowing rush-hour drivers, according to the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office.