Power still out for less than 10,000 in region - Times Herald-Record
Power still out for less than 10,000 in region
Power outages now affecting less than 10,000
Mike Randall
The four utility companies serving the region are gradually getting power restored to thousands of homes and businesses who lost it when a series of thunderstorms passed through overnight and early this morning.
While the storms have mostly subsided during the day, the National Weather Service says there is still a flood watch in effect through Friday evening in Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan and Westchester counties, and until midnight in Dutchess and Ulster counties.
As of 2 p.m., there are still 8,665 customers without power. That is down from more than 12,000 Friday morning.
A large majority of the outages are still with customers of Orange and Rockland Utilities.
As of 2 p.m.., the company is reporting 8,196 outages, including 6,221 in Orange County, 130 in Rockland County and 1,845 in Sullivan County.
Orange and Rockland is estimating all those outages will be restored by 11 p.m. Friday.
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New York State Electric and Gas is reporting 109 customers without power across the region, with 68 of those in Putnam County. They hope to have power restored for many of those customers sometime Friday afternoon.
Con Edison is reporting 283 of its customers in Westchester County without power, down from 536 at noon. They hope to have power back on for all those customers by 5 p.m. Friday
And Central Hudson is reporting 77 customers without power in Ulster, Orange, Dutchess and Putnam counties. They hope to have power restored for 31 customers in Dutchess County by 5:30 p.m. and 21 customers in Ulster County by 4 p.m. Estimates for 21 customers in Orange County and four customers in Putnam County are pending.
Mike Randall covers breaking news for the Times Herald-Record, Poughkeepsie Journal and The Journal News/lohud. Reach him at mrandall@th-record.com or on Twitter @mikerandall845.
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