power outage

Arizona Public Service Co. began its public safety power shutoff on Saturday morning because of extreme wildfire danger. Officials have opened numerous cooling centers and water and ice distribution points in Flagstaff, Grand Canyon National Park and elsewhere.

Thousands of power outages have been reported in and near Flagstaff as a major winter storm has brought heavy, damaging winds to the region.

Those impacted by the outages can take shelter at a warming center at the Munds Park Community Church.

A powerful storm has knocked out power for thousands of people in Northern Arizona.Arizona Public Service's outage map shows issues in the Prescott area,…