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Power Outages in Mass., NH: Tens of Thousands Without Electricity - NBC Boston

Thousands of people in New England were without power Tuesday morning, as impacts from this week's nor'easter storm began to ramp up.

In Massachusetts, there were nearly 50,000 power outages reported as of around 8:30 a.m., according to the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency. The outages were concentrated in western and central Massachusetts, with communities like Savoy, Charlemont, Shutesbury, Southampton and Westminster all racking up hundreds apiece.

In New Hampshire as of around 8:30 a.m., Eversource was reporting over 25,000 power outages. New Hampshire Electric Co-op reported just over 1,000, and Unitil reported just under 300 outages.
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Green Mountain Power of Vermont was reporting nearly 20,000 power outages across 99 towns as of around 8:30 a.m.

Over in Maine, there were just over 100 power outages reported by Central Maine Power.

Rhode Island Energy reported a few dozen outages as of 8:30 a.m.

In Connecticut, Eversource reported around 5,000 outages.

Utility companies have been ramping up preparations in recent days in anticipation of this storm, even calling in crews from around the country to help with the anticipated outages.