500 in Orleans without power as fierce winds take down wires, trees
Provided photo: A crew works to restore electricity in Barre on Route 98 this morning around 8 a.m. This is in between the Barre fire hall and East Barre Road.
Powerful winds have knocked out electricity to 564 National Grid customers after 8 a.m. today.
National Grid said the power should be back on in the affected areas by 11:30 a.m.
A high wind warning is in effect until 1 a.m. Tuesday with southwest winds at 35 to 45 mile per hour and gusts up to 75 mph.
National Grid reports the following outages by county:
- Orleans 564 out of 19,724 customers
- Genesee: 1,228 out of 27,513
- Erie: 1,724 out of 288,213
- Niagara: 177 out of 83,683
