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Fallen Trees, Power Lines Block Bus Routes In Westchester School District Fallen Trees, Power Lines Block Bus Routes In Westchester School District
Fallen Trees, Power Lines Block Bus Routes In Westchester School District An overnight storm that slammed the region with powerful wind gusts forced a Northern Westchester school district to implement a two-hour delay after buses were unable to reach some students. The Valhalla Union Free School District was forced to operate on a two-hour delay on Thursday, Feb. 29 as a result of downed trees and power lines that blocked several bus routes in the hamlet, officials announced.  The damage was caused by a powerful overnight storm on Wednesday night, Feb. 28 into Thursday that brought gusts as high as 59 miles per hour to Westchester.  Earlier Report -&n…

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by Ben Crnic
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Wind Storm Knocks Out Power In Westchester Wind Storm Knocks Out Power In Westchester
Wind Storm Knocks Out Power In Westchester Thousands in Westchester have been left without power as wind storms with gusts topping 55 miles per hour downed wires and sent tree branches flying. As of just before 3 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 2, Con Edison crews were working to repair 36 outages that were impacting 2,007 of the utility company’s 360,045 customers. An additional 221 of NYSEG’s 33,290 customers in Northern Westchester were also in the dark. Outages the largest number of outages were reported in: Cortlandt: 939; New Rochelle: 458; Croton-on-Hudson: 192; Ossining: 177; Pound Ridge: 124; Yorktown: 82; Mount Kisco: 45; New Cast…

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by Zak Failla