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Heavy Winds Knock Down Trees 'All Over The City' In Beverly
The Beverly Fire Department is urging caution driving near live wires with nearly 2,000 customers without power Wednesday morning.
![Heavy winds and rain knocked out power to 60,000 state residents, including nearly 2,000 in Beverly, Wednesday morning.](https://patch.com/img/cdn20/users/23254324/20200930/105102/styles/patch_image/public/stormneal___30104001452.jpg)
BEVERLY, MA — Nearly 10 percent of Beverly was without power as the Beverly Fire Department warned of trees and wires down throughout the city Wednesday morning following strong winds and rain associated with an early morning cold front.
Beverly fire asked drivers not to try to move downed limbs and branches near wires, and to instead call 911 for any tree in the road or electrical disturbance.
Trees are down all over the city right now! Stay back, don't try to move the branches or drive over the lines! Stay safe, call 911! pic.twitter.com/JDCi5uZEMC
— Beverly Fire Dept (@BeverlyFire) September 30, 2020
According to the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, there were 56,473 residences without power statewide as of about 10:30 a.m., including 1,625 residents in Beverly — representing about 9 percent of city homes — at that time. There were nearly 70,000 without power at the peak of the outages mid-morning.
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No timetable was given for restoration, but National Grid said restoration efforts are underway with the late-morning weather clearing.
Overnight MA & RI experienced - and continue to experience - significant wind gusts across the region. Forecasts indicate the hazardous wind gusts should be tapering off by noontime today. We will continue to work throughout the day to safely restore customers impacted. pic.twitter.com/oPxs3Ql8BJ
— National Grid US (@nationalgridus) September 30, 2020
Easton had the most outages with 5,724 National Grid customers, or 57 percent of town, without power. In Swansea, 2,966 customers, or 40 percent of town, was without power. In Attleboro, 2,148 customers, or 11 percent of town, was without power.
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One in five Stoneham households were without power, with 2,139 in the dark.
More Patch Storm Coverage: MA Power Outages: 70K In The Dark As Overnight Storm Moves On
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