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ACROSS THE STATE.
THEY WERE STARTED
LATE LAST NIGHT...
LOOKING FOR DOWNED
POWER LINES, SHUTTING
DOWN MAINS AS
NECESSARY.
BUT IT MAY BE DAYS
BEFORE POWER IS
RESTORED EVERYWHERE.
(PL)
HERE'S AN UPDATE ON
THE OUTAGES FROM
NATIONAL GRID.
THERE ARE MORE THAN
110-THOUSAND
HOUSEHOLDS WITHOUT
ELECTRICITY IN RHODE
ISLAND...
THE HARDEST HIT AREA -
IN WASHINGTON COUNTY -
WHERE THERE ARE 49-
THOUSAND OUTAGES.
IN BRISTOL COUNTY,
MASSACHUSETTS - THERE
ARE MORE THAN 16-
THOUSAND HOMES - IN
THE DARK.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER NICOLE
ESTAPHAN TOURED THE
AREA WITH NATIONAL
GRID THIS MORNING - SHE
AND JOINS US NOW LIVE IN
WARWICK.
A lot of manpower for the
job.
At the break of dawn An army of
trucks span out across the
state.
To tackle what many woke up to
Tuesday, power outages, and
downed power lines.
sot: 02:26:59 we have about 115
thousand out but those numbers
are dropping as we speak
Crews are relying on Resources,
including most of these trucks,
from 31 states as far away as
Alabama.
Nat- shot
A well calculated response
thanks
to lessons learned from Tropical
Storm Irene-that left thousands
in
the dark for days.
Sot: 02:27:48 over a week in
advance we were out there lining
up crews
02:28:13 communication has been
key
We've learned there are more
than
700 crews clearing debris or
restoring power
National grid,s President Tim
Horan tells us they will be
working
at full force until everyone is
back
in the light.
02:28:58 we ask people to be
patient but we do have forces
out
there we are working around the
clock to get people back in
power
(DN-1)
IN NEWPORT, SEVERAL
AREAS WERE LEFT
COMPLETELY UNDER
WATER...
SOME FOLKS HAD TO
KAYAK TO SAFETY... AND