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Hundreds of homes, businesses remain without power

WJAR · last updated

Rhode Island Energy said about 6,200 homes and businesses it serves had no power as of Saturday morning.

Severe weather pushed through Southern New England on Thursday evening.

Barrington and Cranston were the two communities with the most reported outages.

In Bristol County, about 2,000 Rhode Island Energy customers had no power. In Kent County, about 700; Newport County, 30; Providence County, 3,500; and only a handful in Washington County.

Eversource reported that about 1,100 customers in its Eastern Massachusetts service area were without electricity.

National Grid said 950 homes and businesses in Bristol County, Massachusetts, were without power Saturday morning.





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