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Power outage hits key CSRA shopping area on Christmas Eve
EVANS, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – At perhaps one of the most crucial times for holiday shopping, the power has gone out at a busy Columbia County shopping center.
The power went out late in the morning on Tuesday, Christmas Eve.
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As of 11:12 a.m., Georgia Power showed 626 customers without electricity on a stretch of Washington Road that includes Mullins Crossing.
Traffic has been busy for the past several days at the shopping center that includes a Kohl’s, Ross, Marshalls and Ulta, among other national chains.
Washington Road in the area was a traffic nightmare as noon approached.
It appeared that deputies were directing traffic to divert it from the area.
Westbound Washington Road was closed at Columbia Road, and deputies were diverting traffic onto Columbia Road.
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