2,300 without power in Orleans after fierce winds take down trees
There are 2,303 National Grid customers without electricity in Orleans County, the power company’s outage map showed at 9:30 p.m.
Most of those customers should have the electricity back on by midnight.
Powerful winds have knocked down many trees in the county, especially on the eastern side in Clarendon, Murray and Kendall as well as Carlton in central Orleans.
There are 19,642 National Grid customers in Orleans County. The biggest outage includes 1,722 customers in Kendall, part of Murray north of the village of Holley, and Carlton east of Route 98.
