Wednesday morning's power outages were mostly concentrated in California and the Northeast. California, New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont reported the highest numbers, with a combined total of more than 340,000 outages across the country as of 6:40 a.m. ET Wednesday.
ET Wednesday, followed by over 30,000 in New York, more than 30,000 outages in Massachusetts, and over 25,000 in Vermont.Ī winter storm threatened to dump more than a foot of snow in the East – with some areas of Connecticut, Massachusetts and other states already reporting significant snowfall early Tuesday.įorecasters warned that strong winds and the weight of snow on tree limbs could down power lines and cause outages. On the other side of the country, roughly 70,000 homes and businesses in New Hampshire were experiencing power outages as of 6:40 a.m. ET Wednesday amid 'another strong Atmospheric River Event,' per the National Weather Service. As powerful storms battered states across the country this week, hundreds of thousands of people, particularly in California and the Northeast, were left in the dark.Īccording to PowerOutage.US, over 190,000 homes and businesses in California were experiencing power outages as of 6:40 a.m.
