Cape Cod still dealing with significant power outages after blizzard
Residents on Cape Cod are still without power Wednesday after the powerful blizzard brought down trees and power lines and dumped 3 feet of snow on parts of Massachusetts. Restoration could take until the end of the week, officials warned as crews work to restore power to thousands of customers, according to the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency.In Falmouth, more than 70% of the town remained in the dark after 155 trees came down during the historic storm.Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday said she will be asking the utilities to give customers actual timelines on when they can expect their power to be restored. “What I’ve asked of utilities is let us know, give residents an actual estimate of when power will be restored because people need to plan, families need to plan,” Healey said.Eversource predicted they will restore power to all affected customers by Friday at 11:59 p.m. Utility crews from Maine, New York, New Hampshire, New Jersey and Texas were also deployed to Cape Cod to assist in restoring electricity. Aidan Bokanavich said Eversource had not given him an estimate on when his power could be restored.”Sunday, a tree took out a power cable. Lost power coming across the street here. Haven’t had power at the house since last night,” Bokanavich said. Before the storm, Eversource warned in an email that outages could last as long as five days for some customers because restoring electricity in high winds can be difficult. Eversource customers who lose power are encouraged to report the outage directly at Eversource.com or by calling 800-592-2000 in Eastern Massachusetts or 877-659-6326 in Western Massachusetts.National Grid customers can report power outages at www.nationalgridus.com or by calling 1-800-465-1212.The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency also has a map of power outages by town. PHNjcmlwdCB0eXBlPSJ0ZXh0L2phdmFzY3JpcHQiPiFmdW5jdGlvbigpeyJ1c2Ugc3RyaWN0Ijt3aW5kb3cuYWRkRXZlbnRMaXN0ZW5lcigibWVzc2FnZSIsKGZ1bmN0aW9uKGUpe2lmKHZvaWQgMCE9PWUuZGF0YVsiZGF0YXdyYXBwZXItaGVpZ2h0Il0pe3ZhciB0PWRvY3VtZW50LnF1ZXJ5U2VsZWN0b3JBbGwoImlmcmFtZSIpO2Zvcih2YXIgYSBpbiBlLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdKWZvcih2YXIgcj0wO3I8dC5sZW5ndGg7cisrKXtpZih0W3JdLmNvbnRlbnRXaW5kb3c9PT1lLnNvdXJjZSl0W3JdLnN0eWxlLmhlaWdodD1lLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdW2FdKyJweCJ9fX0pKX0oKTs8L3NjcmlwdD4=
Residents on Cape Cod are still without power Wednesday after the powerful blizzard brought down trees and power lines and dumped 3 feet of snow on parts of Massachusetts.
Restoration could take until the end of the week, officials warned as crews work to restore power to thousands of customers, according to the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency.
In Falmouth, more than 70% of the town remained in the dark after 155 trees came down during the historic storm.
Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday said she will be asking the utilities to give customers actual timelines on when they can expect their power to be restored.
“What I’ve asked of utilities is let us know, give residents an actual estimate of when power will be restored because people need to plan, families need to plan,” Healey said.
Eversource predicted they will restore power to all affected customers by Friday at 11:59 p.m.
Utility crews from Maine, New York, New Hampshire, New Jersey and Texas were also deployed to Cape Cod to assist in restoring electricity.
Aidan Bokanavich said Eversource had not given him an estimate on when his power could be restored.
“Sunday, a tree took out a power cable. Lost power coming across the street here. Haven’t had power at the house since last night,” Bokanavich said.
Before the storm, Eversource warned in an email that outages could last as long as five days for some customers because restoring electricity in high winds can be difficult.
Eversource customers who lose power are encouraged to report the outage directly at Eversource.com or by calling 800-592-2000 in Eastern Massachusetts or 877-659-6326 in Western Massachusetts.
National Grid customers can report power outages at www.nationalgridus.com or by calling 1-800-465-1212.
The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency also has a map of power outages by town.