As howling gales besieged the Northeast, the tempest rendered over 25,000 Massachusetts and New Hampshire residents powerless today, the clamor of the storm was felt across New England with widespread outages and road shutdowns. According to NBC Boston, the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency reported an 11 a.m. tally of 8,674 customers sans electricity, while the New Hampshire Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management publicized about 14,000 power-deprived households earlier in the day, though the number subsequently dipped to approximately 5,000.
While the Bay State wrestled with outages, the Granite State faced a similar ordeal with New Hampshire authorities urging vigilance: "If you lose power, keep you and your family safe," Robert Buxton, the New Hampshire Department of Safety's Director of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, imparted a safety mantra in a statement obtained by NBC Boston, "Practice power outage safety—never run a generator indoors, if you come across downed wires stay away and call 911."
Moving beyond state lines, Maine faced 18,000 outages and Vermont an additional 6,000, whereas Rhode Island and Connecticut caught a break with 86 and 3,000 outages respectively, affirming the arbitrary nature of the storm's wrath. Numerous roads were brought to a standstill due to the storm's handiwork with fallen trees and snarled wires, drivers can navigate the maze of closures via the regional traffic website newengland511.org, information provided by NBC Boston compounds the extent of the storm's effects on the region's infrastructure.
In Dover, Massachusetts, Farm Street became blocked when a tree, utility pole, and wires collided, causing chaos. Police reported that a section of Woodbury Street in Hamilton faced a similar situation with fallen trees and power lines—a visual testament to the storm's ferocity, as reported by the Boston Globe, the continued windy conditions promise to test the resolve and responsiveness of local emergency and utility crews as residents grapple with the fallout.
