“We’re seeing significant impact to our system as a result of downed trees, limbs, poles and wires, and we have also sustained damage to some transmission lines feeding substations, which results in wide-spread community outages,” said Michael McCallan, vice-president of New England Electric Operations. As of Oct 27, 2021, more than 315,000 customers (over 222,000 in MA and over 92,000 in Rhode Island) were without power. National Grid has over 2400 field personnel responding to power outages due to a powerful Nor’easter that delivered up to 80 mph winds in some areas overnight.ĭamage from the storm is widespread, with the hardest hit areas ranging along Eastern Massachusetts and throughout Rhode Island, with restoration efforts expected to continue over the next few days.
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