Warming centers open Tuesday; 56,000 still without power in Salem area
Downed trees at Wallace Marine Park on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter)
Two local churches will open Tuesday for Salem and Keizer residents to get warm and recharge devices.
Salem Evangelical Church, 455 Locust St. N.E., will be open starting at 10 a.m.
St. Edward Catholic Church in Keizer, 5305 River Rd. N., will open at noon.
Both centers will have snacks available and will operate at limited capacity because of Covid restrictions. Residents are encouraged to warm up, charge devices and then leave to make room for others.
Crews made progress restoring power overnight, but Portland General Electric was reporting 54,447 Marion County customers and 1,563 Polk County customers were without power as of 9:10 a.m. Tuesday, with no estimate for restoration. That’s down from more than 68,000 Marion County residents and 2,121 Polk County residents without power Monday evening.
Salem Electric reported 70 customers without power as of 7:39 a.m. Tuesday in west and north Salem and Keizer, down from 108 Monday evening.
-Rachel Alexander
