Nearly 1000 households without power following severe thunderstorm
(Photo by Zachary Meseck)
CHENANGO COUNTY – Nearly a thousand households are without power after a severe thunderstorm hit Chenango County, leading to outages starting Wednesday afternoon and continuing into Thursday morning.
According to the Chenango County Emergency Operations Center Director A. Wesley Jones, as of Thursday morning, 974 customers were without power in Chenango County due to a storm that hit the area Wednesday afternoon.
“NYSEG is reporting that there are still 974 customers without power, a third of those are in the Plymouth area,” said Jones. “The Northern part of the county got hit the hardest, with the most trees and wires down.”
A report available through NYSEG shows that as of 8 a.m. Thursday morning hundreds will remain without power as NYSEG assesses damage created by the prior day’s storm. It shows that the top three municipalities still affected by the power outage are the Town of Plymouth with 278 outages, the Town of Oxford with 97 outages, and the Town of Pharsalia with 95 outages.
NYSEG reported that Chenango County was one of several counties to reach close to 1,000 outages due to the storm, with areas like Columbia and Otsego counties reaching 4,182 and 2,682 without electricity.
At the time of print, NYSEG is still assessing damage done by the storm, and has yet to provide an estimated restoration time for outages throughout the county.
“The first thing that NYSEG does is send a supervisor out to disconnect the power, and then they rank them in terms of rank including essential and nonessential,” said Jones. “Essential being individuals with medical equipment needs.”
“When they’re still assessing damage like they are now, that usually shows widespread damage.”
Jones said wind gust speeds reached 54 miles per hour in Sherburne, and had the potential to reach up to 60 miles per hour throughout Chenango County.
NYSEG’s report showed of the 164 customers in Sherburne that receive electricity through their company, about half, or 81 of them were still without power.
Jones said that individuals may find damage to roofs, siding, and trees with law enforcement reporting multiple trees and powerlines down.
He said that individuals should stay away from downed power lines, and that even lines that don’t appear to be active can be deadly. He added downed lines can be reported to the NYSEG electricity emergency hotline at 1(800) 572-1131.
According to the Chenango County Emergency Operations Center Director A. Wesley Jones, as of Thursday morning, 974 customers were without power in Chenango County due to a storm that hit the area Wednesday afternoon.
“NYSEG is reporting that there are still 974 customers without power, a third of those are in the Plymouth area,” said Jones. “The Northern part of the county got hit the hardest, with the most trees and wires down.”
A report available through NYSEG shows that as of 8 a.m. Thursday morning hundreds will remain without power as NYSEG assesses damage created by the prior day’s storm. It shows that the top three municipalities still affected by the power outage are the Town of Plymouth with 278 outages, the Town of Oxford with 97 outages, and the Town of Pharsalia with 95 outages.
NYSEG reported that Chenango County was one of several counties to reach close to 1,000 outages due to the storm, with areas like Columbia and Otsego counties reaching 4,182 and 2,682 without electricity.
At the time of print, NYSEG is still assessing damage done by the storm, and has yet to provide an estimated restoration time for outages throughout the county.
“The first thing that NYSEG does is send a supervisor out to disconnect the power, and then they rank them in terms of rank including essential and nonessential,” said Jones. “Essential being individuals with medical equipment needs.”
“When they’re still assessing damage like they are now, that usually shows widespread damage.”
Jones said wind gust speeds reached 54 miles per hour in Sherburne, and had the potential to reach up to 60 miles per hour throughout Chenango County.
NYSEG’s report showed of the 164 customers in Sherburne that receive electricity through their company, about half, or 81 of them were still without power.
Jones said that individuals may find damage to roofs, siding, and trees with law enforcement reporting multiple trees and powerlines down.
He said that individuals should stay away from downed power lines, and that even lines that don’t appear to be active can be deadly. He added downed lines can be reported to the NYSEG electricity emergency hotline at 1(800) 572-1131.
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