The Imperial Irrigation District has updated information on the Salton City power outage.

Electrical power went out last Tuesday when over 70 IID power poles blew down in a powerful windstorm. As of Monday afternoon, the IID has been able to restore power to 1,000 of the 1,200 customers in the Salton City area that were affected by the outage. The integration of a 2-megawatt mobile generator has worked as an interim fix. IID crews continue to work at engineering and replacing the downed poles and lines. As of Monday morning, 30 new power poles were up and framed. The crews continue to work to restore power to all affected customers.

The Red Cross Shelter that had been opened at the Desert Shores Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3251 has been converted to a Community Resource Center.