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SWEPCO sending personnel to Baltimore for hurricane preparation

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SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) -

AEP SWEPCO crews from Shreveport and Longview are headed out Saturday to the East Coast in preparation for the effects of Hurricane Sandy.

SWEPCO is sending 63 people to Baltimore. They should be leaving about 8 a.m., says spokeswoman Kacee Kirschvink.

According to the Associated Press, Hurricane Sandy rolled out of the Bahamas on Friday after causing 40 deaths across the Caribbean, churning toward the U.S. East Coast, where it threatens to join forces with winter weather fronts to create a devastating super storm.

The Category 1 hurricane toppled light posts, flooded roads and tore off tree branches as it spun through Cat Island and Eleuthera in the scattered Bahamas archipelago, with authorities reporting one man killed, the British CEO of an investment bank.

The death toll was still rising in impoverished Haiti, reaching 26 on Friday as word of disasters reached officials and rain continued to fall.

The Associated Press contributed information to this report.

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