THE LIGHTS ARE BACK ON IN ALBUQUERQUE. SUNDAY NIGHT'S BIG RAIN AND WIND STORM KNOCKED OUT THE POWER FOR ABOUT 10 THOUSAND PNM CUSTOMERS …. MOST OF THEM ON THE WEST SIDE. PARTS OF THE CITY GOT AT LEAST AN INCH OF RAIN. OR MORE, SUNDAY NIGHT. CREWS WORKED THROUGH THE NIGHT, INITIALLY RESTORING POWER TO ABOUT 5 THOUSAND PNM CUSTOMERS. SCATTERED OUTAGES REMAINED MONDAY MORNING.
THE RAIN ALSO HAD PART OF UNSER CLOSED TO TRAFFIC SUNDAY NIGHT DUE TO FLOODING. UNSER WAS CLOSED BETWEEN OURAY AND ST. JOSEPH'S PLACE … BUT WAS BACK OPEN FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE.
