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THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AROUND
UP IN LATE OCTOBER WITHOUT
SOME TREES AND WIRES CAME DOWN
MORNING.
NICK BANNIN IS LIVE IN
AND POWER LINES HAVE BROUGHT
CLOSURES.
MORNING OVER 90 PERCENT OF THE
MORNING.
THESE ARE PICTURES SENT TO US
THROUGH REPORTIT@WWLP.COM
ROAD TO THE RUSSELL TOWN LINE
WHILE CREWS WORK TO REMOVE
DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES.
HENNESSEY TOLD 22NEWS THAT SAID
THIS MORNING'S COMMUTE SO
DRIVERS SHOULD PLAN ACCORDINGLY.
HERE'S A MAP OF THE PEAK WIND
GUSTS YESTERDAY. MANY AREAS HAD
WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH HERE IN
SPRINGFIELD, CHICOPEE AREA THAT
HAD A WIND GUST OVER 51 MPH.
OTIS, 54 MPH IN NORTH ADAMS,
PITTSFIELD 58 MPH AS YOU CAN
PROBABLY TELL THE BERKSHIRES HAD
SOME OF THE HIGHEST WINDS, AS
EXPECTED.
WITH THE WIND BEING SO HIGH,
WIND GUSTS KNOCKED OUT POWER FOR
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AROUND
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. UP TO
AROUND 15 THOUSAND POWER OUTAGES
PEAKED YESTERDAY, BUT STILL
AROUND 8 THOUSAND WERE WITHOUT
POWER WHEN WE LAST CHECKED THIS
MORNING. BLANDFORD, BECKET,
AREAS WITH THE MOST WITHOUT
POWER
WITH WINDS CONTINUING TO LESSEN
THIS MORNING, WHILE ADDITIONAL
OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE, IT'S MORE
THAN LIKELY THAT THE NUMBER WILL
GO DOWN INSTEAD OF UP. WE'LL
OUTAGES EVERY HALF AN HOUR, LIVE
FROM BLANDFORD, METEOROLOGIST
NICK BANNIN, 22NEWS.