Nor'easter knocked out power to hundreds of thousands across Mass.
Hundreds of thousands of customers lost power Monday as a powerful nor’easter with damaging winds and heavy bands of snow hit Massachusetts. For some, including communities on Cape Cod, full restoration could take days. StormTeam 5 tools: Alerts | Futurecast | Map Room | Radar | Closings While hundreds of crews were staged across the state by Eversource and National Grid, restoration efforts were slowed by dangerous conditions. Utility workers operating bucket trucks can typically work only when winds are below 35 miles an hour.”The higher winds are what really concern us here,” said National Grid New England Electric COO Christopher Laird. Before the storm, Eversource warned in an email that if customers lose power, 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=
Hundreds of thousands of customers lost power Monday as a powerful nor’easter with damaging winds and heavy bands of snow hit Massachusetts.
For some, including communities on Cape Cod, full restoration could take days.
StormTeam 5 tools: Alerts | Futurecast | Map Room | Radar | Closings
While hundreds of crews were staged across the state by Eversource and National Grid, restoration efforts were slowed by dangerous conditions. Utility workers operating bucket trucks can typically work only when winds are below 35 miles an hour.
“The higher winds are what really concern us here,” said National Grid New England Electric COO Christopher Laird.
Before the storm, Eversource warned in an email that if customers lose power, 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.