Dive Summary:
- About 24,000 utility customers in eastern New York are without power following rainstorms and powerful winds.
- New York State Electric & Gas reports that 13,500 homes and businesses are without power, while 7,000 additional customers served by Central Hudson and Electric haven’t yet had their power restored.
- Tuesday’s high winds uprooted trees during the storm, bringing down utility lines across central and eastern New York, which accounted for most of the damage.
From the article:
About 6,500 utility customers in eastern New York are still without power after rainstorms packing powerful winds tore through the region.
The remaining outages are concentrated in the Hudson Valley, with about half of them in Dutchess County. NYSEG reports about 2,800 homes and businesses are without power electricity late Wednesday afternoon. Central Hudson Gas and Electric says there are still 3,700 outages from Tuesday's violent weather. ...
