Outages skyrocket in eastern OK

The number of Oklahoma power outages has jumped in the past few hours. Nearly 4,000 Oklahoma Gas and Electric customers are without power, according to the company Web site, as of 4 p.m.

• Muskogee, 3,119
• Checotah, 429
• Porum, 177
• Oklahoma City, 99
• Webbers Falls, 69 

Fewer than 1,000 outages were reported just two hours ago. The overall number of OG&E customers – Oklahoma and Arkansas – without power has declined since the peak early this morning. More than 12,000 customers were without power at 3 a.m., and only 5,000 were powerless at 4 p.m. The OG&E outage chart is shown here:

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