Crews from electricity provider National Grid continue work into Thursday afternoon to restore service to customers in Andover and Methuen following an overnight wind-driven rainstorm, which also downed tree limbs on at least two Haverhill streets.
Some 49 electric customers along the route 28 corridor in Andover, between the Phillips Academy campus and the North Reading town line, remained in the dark as of 10:30 this morning. National Grid has estimated their service will be restored at 3 p.m., Thursday. Meanwhile, power was restored this morning to about 33 customers in Methuen, between Forest and North Lowell streets in the West End. However, some 10 customers along Hampstead Road and in the neighborhood of Jackson and East streets were waiting to have their electric service restored by 3 p.m. Other sporadic power outages reported locally included a handful of electric customers each in West Newbury and Newburyport.
No outages were reported in Haverhill, but police reported temporary detours were in place during the morning commute on Ferry Road in Ward Hill and on Old Ferry Road in the Riverside section as crews worked to remove fallen tree limbs from street portions.
Earlier story
An overnight wind-driven rain storm leaves some fallen tree limbs and scattered power outages this morning within WHAV’s listening area.
No power outages were reported overnight in Haverhill, however police told WHAV crews are dispatched this morning to remove fallen tree limbs blocking portions of Ferry Road in Ward Hill and Old Ferry Road in the Riverside section. Temporary detours were in place until the areas were cleared for vehicle traffic. No street flooding issues were reported as of 6 a.m.
Meanwhile a number of residents in Andover and Methuen are waking up in the dark this morning as crews from electricity provider National Grid respond to scattered power outages. About 30 electric customers along the route 28 corridor in Andover, between the Phillips Academy campus and the North Reading town line, are affected. In Methuen, some 33 customers between Forest and North Lowell streets in the West End, as well as another 10 customers along Hampstead Road and a neighborhood off Jackson and East streets are affected.
Scattered outages affecting less than five power customers in the towns of West Newbury and Newburyport were also reported.
Andrew Raynor Dover New Hampshire – we have been pretty lucky this winter in my opinion. Mother nature has been pretty kind to us over all.