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Hundreds without power across Ada County amid severe thunderstorms

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ADA COUNTY, Idaho — Hundreds of Meridian and Boise residents are without power Thursday evening as severe thunderstorms move through the Treasure Valley.

Multiple outages were reported shortly just after 4 p.m. in Boise, Meridian, and Garden City, according to Idaho Power’s outage map. At one point, more than 10,000 customers were affected across several outage reports.

The largest outage impacted more than 2,700 customers in Boise’s North End and downtown area. More than 1,500 were also affected on the Boise Bench.

The outages come as a severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect for parts of the Treasure Valley. Strong winds and lightning were reported across the Boise area as the storm moved through.

While the major outages have been fixed, Idaho Power continues to work on isolated outages throughout Ada County.

This is a developing story and will be updated.