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CT Schools Dismissing Early Due To Extreme Weather Conditions CT Schools Dismissing Early Due To Extreme Weather Conditions
CT Schools Dismissing Early Due To Extreme Weather Conditions Schools across Connecticut have announced early dismissals on Wednesday, Dec. 11 due to a storm that is expected to bring up to 60 mph winds and coastal flooding to parts of the state. The following districts are dismissing early: Bolton Public Schools Colchester Public Schools East Hampton Public Schools Groton Public Schools Marianapolis Prep. School (Thompson, CT) Montville Public Schools Preston Public Schools Stonington Public Schools Did we miss one? Email clevine@dailyvoice.com The National Weather Service has issued a High Wind Warning for southeast Connecticut, with south winds r…
Storm Cuts Power To Thousands In NJ (UPDATE) Storm Cuts Power To Thousands In NJ (UPDATE)
Storm Cuts Power To Thousands In NJ (Update) Thousands of New Jersey residents were without power Thursday, April 4 following a nasty storm that brought gusty winds and heavy rain to the region on Wednesday, April 3. As of 8 a.m., 8,000 Monmouth County residents were without power mainly in Freehold, Highlands, and Middletown (4,000), according to JCP&L. In Bergen County, more than 2,000 PSE&G customers had no power mostly in Englewood, Englewood Cliffs, and Teaneck. In Essex County, 1,063 PSE&G customers were in the dark, the majority in Irvington. In Morris County, 3.000 customers were without power mostly in Jeff…
Hazardous Weather Could Lead To Power Outages In DMV Region, Officials Warn Hazardous Weather Could Lead To Power Outages In DMV Region, Officials Warn
Hazardous Weather Could Lead To Power Outages In DMV Region, Officials Warn Hazardous weather that is expected to roll through the DMV area could lead to power outages in some parts of the region, officials are cautioning. The National Weather Service has extended its High Wind Warning for the region until 1 a.m. on Sunday, April 2, as whipping winds hovering between 20 mph and 30 mph are expected to persist, with gusts reaching upwards of 65 mph. The National Weather Service (NWS) has extended the High Wind Warning for the District of Columbia until 1AM Sunday, April 2, 2023. WHAT: West winds ranging from 20 to 30mph with gusts up to 60mph.IMPACTS: Damaging wi…
Powerful Storm Nears In Northeast Powerful Storm Nears In Northeast
Powerful Storm Nears In Northeast Get your candles out and park away from the trees — another powerful storm bringing wind gusts up to 55 mph and downpours is heading toward the Northeast Thursday night into Friday, forecasters say. Breezy gusts will be increase during the day on Thursday leading up to the strongest winds at night, lasting into Friday morning, according to AccuWeather. Isolated power outages and flooding due to melting snow and heavy rain — even some thunderstorms — are likely, forecasters say. Temps on Thursday will climb into the 60s, "some spots potentially challenging their record high temperature," t…
Strong Gusty Winds Down Tree Limbs, Cause Scattered Power Outages In Western Mass Strong Gusty Winds Down Tree Limbs, Cause Scattered Power Outages In Western Mass
Strong Gusty Winds Down Tree Limbs, Cause Scattered Power Outages In Western Mass Hundreds of Massachusetts residents are now without power as wind gusts topping 50 mph whip through the region. A High Wind Warning is in effect until 4 p.m. Monday, March 29. As of around 10:30 a.m. on Monday, utility crews from Eversource were still working to repair dozens of outages that were impacting 2,766 of the company’s 220,386 customers in Western Massachusetts. An additional 71 customers were impacted in Central and Eastern Massachusetts, according to the company. The hardest-hit area was Becket, which reported 1,473 outages, impacting more than 75 percent of the company’…
Storm Knocks Out Power To Tens Of Thousands In Connecticut Storm Knocks Out Power To Tens Of Thousands In Connecticut
Storm Knocks Out Power To Tens Of Thousands In Connecticut A powerful storm system bringing heavy downpours and damaging winds has resulted in numerous downed tree limbs, leading to road closures and tens of thousands of power outages in Connecticut. Here are the number of customers without power just after 8:30 a.m. on Christmas Day, Friday, Dec. 25, listed by utility company (click on each link for breakdowns by community): Eversource, 32,563 United Illuminating, 420 In areas hardest hit, residents are being urged to avoid travel Christmas morning to allow utility crews to clear roadways and conduct repairs. Winds of 25 to 35 miles per hou…
Storm Knocks Out Power To More Than 100,000 In Hudson Valley Storm Knocks Out Power To More Than 100,000 In Hudson Valley
Storm Knocks Out Power To More Than 100,000 In Hudson Valley A powerful storm system bringing heavy downpours and damaging winds has resulted in numerous downed tree limbs, leading to road closures and more than 100,000 power outages in the Hudson Valley. Here are the number of customers without power just before 8:15 a.m. on Christmas Day, Friday, Dec. 25 by utility company (click on each link for breakdowns by community): Con Edison - 17,598 NYSEG - 24,469 Central Hudson - 33,163 Orange & Rockland County - 26,107 In areas hardest hit, residents are being urged to avoid travel Christmas morning to allow utility crews to clear roadways …
Storm Knocks Out Power To Thousands On Long Island Storm Knocks Out Power To Thousands On Long Island
Storm Knocks Out Power To Thousands On Long Island A powerful storm system bringing heavy downpours and damaging winds has resulted in numerous downed tree limbs, leading to road closures and power outages. Just before 8 a.m. on Christmas Day, Friday, Dec. 25 PSEG Long Island is reporting 8,194 customers without power as a result of 319 separate outages. Most of the outages are in Nassau County, where 6,513 were without power. In areas hardest hit, residents are being urged to avoid travel Christmas morning to allow utility crews to clear roadways and conduct repairs. Winds of 25 to 35 miles per hour with gusts up to 60 miles per hour occ…
Storm Will Unleash 'Extreme Weather' Christmas Eve Night: Here's Latest Storm Will Unleash 'Extreme Weather' Christmas Eve Night: Here's Latest
Storm Will Unleash 'Extreme Weather' Christmas Eve Night: Here's Latest Santa Claus and his reindeer are going to be in for a rough ride this Christmas Eve. A powerful storm system will sweep through the region, bringing downpours, potential flooding, and strong to damaging winds starting around nightfall on Christmas Eve, Thursday, Dec. 24, and lasting into Christmas Day morning, Friday, Dec. 25. The storm will unleash “extreme weather" in the region, said AccuWeather Chief On-Air Meteorologist Bernie Rayno, who added, “Make sure you’re ready for that." For areas where there are High Wind and Storm warnings, flood watches, and wind advisories in eff…
Strong Winds Will Blow Through With Gusts Up To 50 MPH That Could Cause Power Outages Strong Winds Will Blow Through With Gusts Up To 50 MPH That Could Cause Power Outages
Strong Winds Will Blow Through With Gusts Up To 50 MPH That Could Cause Power Outages A new round of scattered showers and thunderstorms will sweep through the area, but strong winds will be the story. A wind advisory starts at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7, and stays in effect until 2 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 8 for most of the region. (Areas in brown in the map above.) In some parts of New England, a High Wind Warning has been issued. During that time, there will be gusts up to 50 miles per hour. Some isolated severe thunderstorms may produce stronger gusts at 58 mph or greater ahead of a cold front. "Secure any loose items with the gusty winds," the National Weather Service said. …
Storm With Gusty Winds Knocks Out Power, Brings Down Trees, Power Lines In Litchfield County Storm With Gusty Winds Knocks Out Power, Brings Down Trees, Power Lines In Litchfield County
Storm With Gusty Winds Knocks Out Power, Brings Down Trees, Power Lines In Litchfield County Thousands of Litchfield County residents were left in the dark as storms rolled through the region, bringing whipping winds of more than 50 mph that toppled tree limbs and downed power lines. As of 1:45 p.m. on Monday, April 13, 29,787 of Eversource’s 1,279,556 customers were without power, while the United Illuminating Company was reporting 27 outages impacting 783 of their 337,094 Connecticut customers. Earlier story: High Wind Warning: Damaging Gusts Up To 70 MPH Could Cause Widespread Power Outages In Litchfield County, the most outages were reported in: Woodbury (928); Waterto…
Storm With Gusty Winds Knocks Out Power, Brings Down Trees, Power Lines In Ulster, Sullivan Storm With Gusty Winds Knocks Out Power, Brings Down Trees, Power Lines In Ulster, Sullivan
Storm With Gusty Winds Knocks Out Power, Brings Down Trees, Power Lines In Ulster, Sullivan Hundreds of Ulster and Sullivan County residents have been left in the dark as storms roll through the region, bringing whipping winds of more than 50 mph that toppled tree limbs and downed power lines. As of 1:30 p.m. on Monday, April 13, Central Hudson was reporting that 1,991 of its 90,1000 Ulster County residents were reporting power outages, while NYSEG was reporting 352 outages in Sullivan County, with an additional 59 in Ulster. Earlier story: High Wind Warning: Damaging Gusts Up To 70 MPH Could Cause Widespread Power Outages The bulk of the outages were in Esopus, which was re…
Storm Knocks Out Power To Thousands, Brings Down Trees, Power Lines In Fairfield County Storm Knocks Out Power To Thousands, Brings Down Trees, Power Lines In Fairfield County
Storm Knocks Out Power To Thousands, Brings Down Trees, Power Lines In Fairfield County Thousands are without power in Fairfield County as storms rolled through the region, bringing whipping winds of more than 70 mph that toppled tree limbs and downed power lines. As of just before 1:30 p.m. on Monday, April 13, 29,787 of Eversource’s 1,279,556 customers were without power, while the United Illuminating Company was reporting 27 outages impacting 783 of its 337,094 Connecticut customers. In Fairfield County, the most outages were reported in: Norwalk (1,248); Newtown (1,126); Danbury (590); Stamford (448); Stratford (420); Earlier story - High Wind Warning: Damaging Gusts Up…
Storm Knocks Out Power To Thousands, Brings Down Trees, Power Lines In Putnam, Dutchess Storm Knocks Out Power To Thousands, Brings Down Trees, Power Lines In Putnam, Dutchess
Storm Knocks Out Power To Thousands, Brings Down Trees, Power Lines In Putnam, Dutchess Thousands are without power on Long Island as storms rolled through the region, bringing whipping winds of more than 70 mph that toppled tree limbs and downed power lines. As of 1 p.m. on Monday, April 13, Central Hudson was reporting that 17,493 of its 120,208 customers were without power, while 2,580 of its 5,151 customers were reporting outages. NYSEG was reporting 13,619 of its Putnam customers were without power, while 868 in Dutchess were left in the dark. Related story - High Wind Warning: Damaging Gusts Up To 70 MPH Could Cause Widespread Power Outages Carmel was hit the hardest, …
Storm Knocks Out Power To Thousands, Brings Down Trees, Power Lines On Long Island Storm Knocks Out Power To Thousands, Brings Down Trees, Power Lines On Long Island
Storm Knocks Out Power To Thousands, Brings Down Trees, Power Lines On Long Island Thousands are without power on Long Island as potent storms roll through the region, bringing whipping winds of more than 70 mph that toppled tree limbs and downed power lines. Just before 1 p.m. on Monday, April 13, PSEG was reporting 384 outages that were impacting 8,055 of their 1,161,417 customers. In Suffolk, there were 4,808 outages, while there were 2,600 in Nassau. Huntington was hit the hardest, with 1,961 reported outages, followed by Oyster Bay (1,438 outages), North Hempstead (1,011), Brookhaven (777), Smithtown (697), Riverhead (644), and Babylon (432). Other outages were re…
Storm With Gusty Winds Knocks Out Power To Thousands, Brings Down Trees In Rockland, Orange Storm With Gusty Winds Knocks Out Power To Thousands, Brings Down Trees In Rockland, Orange
Storm With Gusty Winds Knocks Out Power To Thousands, Brings Down Trees In Rockland, Orange Thousands are without power in Rockland and Orange counties as storms rolled through the region, bringing whipping winds of more than 70 mph that toppled tree limbs and downed power lines. As of 12:30 p.m. on Monday, April 13, Orange and Rockland Utilities was reporting that 5,258 of its 105,399 Orange County customers were without power, while 8,100 of their 118,770 Rockland customers were without power. Central Hudson was reporting that 6,362 of its 52,477 Orange County customers were also left in the dark. Related story - High Wind Warning: Damaging Gusts Up To 70 MPH Could Cause Wides…
Damaging Wind Gusts Knock Out Power To Thousands Of Long Islanders Damaging Wind Gusts Knock Out Power To Thousands Of Long Islanders
Damaging Wind Gusts Knock Out Power To Thousands Of Long Islanders Thousands of Long Islanders lost power as wind gusts reaching upwards of 65 mph sent power lines flying. As of 2:35 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 7, PSEG Long Island was reporting 293 active outages, impacting 5,327 of their 1,161,746 customers. In Nassau County, 2,611 customers were impacted, while 2,609 customers in Suffolk County lost power. North Hempstead (1,171 outages) and Islip (1,070) were the hardest hit in each county. There were more than 100 customers without power in Hempstead, Oyster Bay, Babylon, Brookhaven, East Hampton, Huntington, Smithtown, Southampton, and Southold. The whippi…
Here's How Many Long Islanders Are Without Power Here's How Many Long Islanders Are Without Power
Here's How Many Long Islanders Are Without Power Thousands of Long Islanders are without power after a Nor’easter tore through the region, bringing whipping winds and rain. As of late Thursday morning, Oct. 17, 1,098 outages were reported by PSEG Long Island customers, impacting 11,498 customers, with a bulk of the outages reported on the East End. In Nassau County, 2,527 of PSEG’s 487,860 customers were reporting outages, with restoration expected no later than 1 a.m. on Friday morning, Oct. 18, while 8,970 of the company’s 638,457 customers were still in the dark, with restoration estimated at 1:15 a.m. on Friday. Related story: …
Here's Where The Most Power Outages Are In Fairfield County Here's Where The Most Power Outages Are In Fairfield County
Here's Where The Most Power Outages Are In Fairfield County Tens of thousands of Connecticut residents remain in the dark after a Nor’easter rocked the region, bringing whipping winds, rain and downing trees and power lines in the area. As of 9:35 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 17, 39,655 of Eversource’s 1,276,791 customers were reporting outages, while 2,356 of United Illuminating’s 335,465 customers were still left in the dark. A complete list of outages can be found here and here.  Related story: High Wind Warning: Gusts Up To 65 MPH Could Cause More Power Outages Trumbull has the most outages in Fairfield County with 876 just before 110…
High Wind Warning: Gusts Up To 65 MPH Could Cause More Power Outages High Wind Warning: Gusts Up To 65 MPH Could Cause More Power Outages
High Wind Warning: Gusts Up To 65 MPH Could Cause More Power Outages Heavy rainfall from a powerful Nor'easter has ended, but damaging winds that could bring down trees, tree limbs and utility lines will continue as tens of thousands are already without power in the area. Downed trees have also caused numerous road closures throughout the region.  A High Wind Warning is in effect through 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17 for the counties shown in brown above, including Westchester, Nassau, Suffolk, Fairfield, Putnam, Rockland and Orange. A Wind Advisory is in effect until 8 p.m. Thursday for Dutchess and Ulster as well as all of eastern New York and western New …
Wild Weather Week: Damaging Winds, Power Outages, Plus Some Snow Wild Weather Week: Damaging Winds, Power Outages, Plus Some Snow
Wild Weather Week: Damaging Winds, Power Outages, Plus Some Snow Get set for a rocky week weather-wise and a cold finish to February.  It's starting off with winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts near 65 miles per hour, leading to a High Wind Warning in effect 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25. (See first image above.) Hundreds of outages have already been reported throughout the region with more expected late Monday morning into the early afternoon. (Check back for separate outage updates from Daily Voice.) Monday will be partly cloudy with a high around the freezing mark and winds whipping through the region throughout the day, bringing down trees and tree limbs…
High Wind Warning: Gusts Near 60 MPH Expected To Blow Down Trees, Power Lines High Wind Warning: Gusts Near 60 MPH Expected To Blow Down Trees, Power Lines
High Wind Warning: Gusts Near 60 MPH Expected To Blow Down Trees, Power Lines This story has been updated. The heavy rain on the front end of the storm sweeping through the area will taper off early Sunday afternoon, Feb. 24. But don't let that fool you. The most damaging part of the storm will be Sunday night through late in the afternoon on Monday, Feb. 25 as strong winds will become the story.  Winds of 25-35 mph may gust up to close to 60 mph. (See first image above.) A High Wind Warning will be in effect for the entire region from 10 p.m. Sunday until 6 p.m. Monday. (See second image above.) Winds of this magnitude will bring down trees, large tree limbs…
Power Restored To Nearly All NYSEG Customers In Area After High Winds Hit Power Restored To Nearly All NYSEG Customers In Area After High Winds Hit
Power Restored To Nearly All Nyseg Customers In Area After High Winds Hit Snow Joke: New Storm Could Bring Up To 3 Inches Of Accumulation Dozens of Hudson Valley NYSEG customers remain without power following strong winds that sent tree limbs and power lines strewn about the area. A High Wind Warning was put in effect in the area until midnight on Thursday morning, when more than 1,000 NYSEG customers reported power outages in the area. As of Thursday morning, that number was knocked down to just 17 customers. In total, 26,002 NYSEG customers in New York were still reporting outages as of 9:30 a.m. on Thursday morning. The complete outage list can be found here.…
Hundreds Of Power Outages Reported In Northern Westchester Hundreds Of Power Outages Reported In Northern Westchester
Hundreds Of Power Outages Reported In Northern Westchester Snow Joke: New Storm Could Bring Up To 3 Inches Of Accumulation With a High Wind Warning in effect until midnight, more than 1,200 power outages have been reported to customers in Northern Westchester and Putnam Wednesday evening. At 9 p.m., 456 outages were reported in Putnam and 742 in the areas of Northern Westchester services by NYSEG, with numerous outages in Somers. Check back to Daily Voice for updates.
Wind Advisory: Gusts Up To 50 MPH Could Cause Power Outages Wind Advisory: Gusts Up To 50 MPH Could Cause Power Outages
Wind Advisory: Gusts Up To 50 MPH Could Cause Power Outages Click here for an updated story - Snow Joke: New Storm Could Bring Up To 3 Inches Of Accumulation Wind Advisories and High Wind Warnings have been issued for the entire region for Wednesday afternoon and evening as winds could gust up to 50-60 miles per hour, possibly causing power outages. Ahead of an approaching cold front, wet weather will continue with light rain and drizzle and a few rumbles of thunder possible on Wednesday as temps rise to around the 60-degree mark. The wind advisory is in effect from noon till midnight for Southern Westchester, Eastern Bergen and Southern Fairfiel…