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Thursday, March 9, 2017

Hundreds still without power after wild winds

Utility officials says hundreds of customers remain without power after fierce winds roared through the area. Here is a breakdown as of 9:45 a.m.:
Note: Utility officials say some outages will continue until midnight.
National Grid:
Allegany County: 68 customers without power in the Wellsville and Willing area.
Cattaraugus County: There are six different outages in the Olean area.
NYSEG:
Allegany County: 110 without power (Alfred, Grove, Birdsall, W Almond)
Steuben County: 156 customers affected
RG&E:
Allegany County: 300 customers (Allen, Bolivar, Wirt, Friendship, Rushford, Richburg)
Wyoming County:57 customers
First Energy:
Potter County: 17 (in the Shinglehouse area)

The Wellsville Airport clocked a peak wind gust Wednesday of 52 mph.