Thousands of people remain without power Thursday morning after damaging winds tore through central and northern New York Tuesday night.
<b>National Grid</b> and <b>New York State Electric and Gas</b> are reporting more than 20,000 outages across the state. A majority of those outages are in the North Country, where wind gusts of more than 70 miles an hour Tuesday night tore down trees and power lines.
Jefferson County has declared a state of emergency due to the damage caused by the storm. For anyone without power, a number of warming centers have been opened at fire stations across Jefferson County.
- Glen Park
- Theresa
- West Carthage
- Adams
- Sackets Harbor
National Grid will also give out dry ice and water from 1-5 p.m. at Watertown’s CitiBus garage.
Here is a list of the latest outages, as of 2 p.m. Thursday:
- Jefferson: 6,473
- St. Lawrence: 3,235
- Lewis: 234
- Cayuga: 2,226
- Onondaga: 695
- Tompkins: 9
- Ontario: 456
- Seneca: 1,619
- Oswego: 72
- Wayne: 366
