Hundreds Still Without Power in North County, Stamford

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The Lane in Stamford, Vt., had multiple trees down. The road had been closed over night so crews could clean up.

A broken pole on the Lane.

Tree down on a barn.

Tree on a roof on East Road.

Broken tree on Main Street in Williamstown.

Crews were taking chainsaws to numerous trees in Eastlawn Cemetery in Williamstown.

Hundreds Still Without Power in North County, Stamford

12:11PM / Wednesday, July 17, 2024

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A new pole is in place for a transformer on Main Road in Stamford.

Update: The National Weather Service in Albany, N.Y., has issued another severe thunderstorm watch until 8 p.m. for Berkshire County, eastern New York and Southern Vermont.

STAMFORD, Vt. — Nearly 18 hours after severe thunderstorms pummeled the region, hundreds of customers are without power.

The latest update estimates is that power will be back on at 2 p.m. in North Berkshire. Green Mountain Power's outage map could not provide an estimate on power restoration.

Many residents woke up to the sounds of chainsaws and generators on Wednesday morning as clean up from the storm continued.

Stamford was hit hard with trees blocking roads and broken utility poles. Some 499 customers in Stamford and Readsboro were without power.

A post from Stamford's emergency management director said conditions in North Berkshire were delaying power re-energizing in the Vermont town because it's sourced from National Grid in Massachusetts.

More than 800 customers were without power in Williamstown, Mass., as noon approached. Tree and lines down along Main Street had taken hours for National Grid crews to address and hampered their ability to aid smaller outages in nearby communities.

Williamstown Police posted on Facebook that because of the extensive damage to the electrical supply lines to town, parts of Williamstown may not see power until later tonight or possibly tomorrow.

Williamstown reported no accidents, injuries or major property damage. Taconic Golf Club was closed to deal with tree damage. Numerous trees were down in Eastlawn Cemetery and a neighboring barn was destroyed when a tree fell on it.

There are still scattered outages in North Adams and Adams in Massachusetts, but more than 700 customers were still without power in Clarksburg, Mass.

In Central Berkshire, Eversource reports no power outages.

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