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Avalanches knock out power to Alaska's capital
who:Bruce Botelho
what:Massive avalanches destroyed transmission lines and support towers to a dam that supplies 85 percent of the electricity for Alaska's capital, and utility rates could quintuple for months until repairs are made, officials said.
where:Juneau, Alaska,
when:The series of avalanches hit at 4 a.m. Wednesday, taking out 1.5 miles of power transmission
what happened:Repairing the line is estimated to cost $5 million to $10 million, said McLeod, but conditions are too unstable at the site to assess the situation from the groundOne in five households in Juneau are heated with electricity, according to the city
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