power outages

Communities are cleaning uprooted trees, downed power lines and destruction left in the path of damaging wind and thunderstorms that moved across Massachusetts Wednesday. Statewide, more than 240,000 customers were without power at one point in the evening. As Thursday ended, nearly 29,000 customers remained in the dark. “You look around and it looks like a tornado came through,” said…

Thousands remained without power Thursday night a day after storms ripped through New England.

Districts being forced to cancel school because of power outages has become a recurring problem during the pandemic.

School was canceled for students in Wayland, Holliston and an elementary school in Walpole Thursday – even for remote learners – due to power outages caused by Wednesday’s storms. In Wayland, one of the communities hit hardest by the storm, more than 30% of home were without power Thursday morning, forcing officials to shut down schools for the day. “We…

Clean up is underway in many Massachusetts communities where an overnight storm brought down trees and powerlines, which knocked out power to tens of thousands.

Storm damage and power outages have forced schools to cancel online classes Thursday including in Wayland, Holliston and an elementary school in Walpole.

Communities are cleaning uprooted trees, downed power lines and destruction left in the path of damaging wind and thunderstorms that moved across Massachusetts Wednesday.

Storms knocked out power for many in Massachusetts overnight Tuesday into Wednesday, presenting a new challenge for students learning remotely. It was about 15 minutes into Mady Sheehan’s school day when things got interesting. “It was really windy, I saw a big pole go down, I saw flashing lights, we lost power so I couldn’t do school,” Sheehan said....

Gusty winds took down trees and power lines across Massachusetts overnight.

Tens of thousands of customers in Massachusetts were without power Wednesday morning after storms brought down trees and power lines.

Thousands of people were still without power in Massachusetts Monday morning after storms tore through the area over the weekend. As of 6 a.m. Monday, 6,083 people were without power in the state, according to the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency. Cleanup efforts are underway, including on Columbia Road in Malden where a large tree fell onto a home. Another hard-hit…

Thousands of people were left without power Monday morning after storms tore through the area over the weekend.

Tropical Storm Isaias left some Maine businesses with a long wait to bring back power.

Crews are cleaning up after high winds from Tropical Storm Isaias wreaked havoc across New England, causing widespread power outages. As of Wednesday morning, nearly 140,000 people remained without power in Massachusetts. More than 215,000 customers were without power in the Bay State Tuesday night and nearly 600,000 lost power in Connecticut. There were about 127,000 outages in Rhode Island,…

Crews are cleaning up after high winds from Tropical Storm Isaias wreaked havoc across New England, tearing down trees and causing widespread power outages throughout the region.

There were widespread power outages in New England, including hundreds of thousands of people in Massachusetts and Connecticut, as high winds from Tropical Storm Isaias wreaked havoc across the area. The center of the storm, formerly a hurricane, has kept to the west of new England, but the system still sparked tornado warnings in much of the area Tuesday morning…

The tropical storm ripped through much of the region Tuesday, taking down trees and wires.

Tropical Storm Isaias sent high winds and occasionally intense rain blowing across Massachusetts Tuesday, damaging homes and vehicles.

Meteorologist Chris Gloninger shows the tropical storm system that’s prompted the National Weather Service to issue tornado warnings in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Vermont on Tuesday.