According to the latest outage map from the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, or MEMA, the majority of the power outages after the storm are centered around the South Shore and Cape Cod, with smaller pockets of outages around Cape Ann. Some of the worst-hit municipalities, many almost or completely without power, include Cohasset, Hingham, Marshfield, Scituate, Norwell, Rockland, Abington and Marion.
One tweet showed a long line of cars waiting to get gas in Marshfield for up to two hours due to power outages in the area.
National Grid said in a press release that damage from the storm is "widespread," with damage hitting both Massachusetts and Rhode Island. As of 8:00 a.m. Thursday, over 222,000 of the utility's customers in Massachusetts were without power. That figure stands at 92,000 in Rhode Island.
Michael McCallan, National Grid's vice president of New England electric operations, said in a statement that the storm felled trees, limbs, poles and wires, while also damaging transmission lines feeding substations. He added that first repair priority will return service to the largest number of customers, as well as restoring power to critical care facilities.
Over 2,400 field personnel from National Grid are out repairing the outages.
Another of the state's utilities, Eversource, said crews are working "nonstop," to bring customers back online.
"Eversource is working nonstop to restore power following Wednesday's powerful nor'easter," the company said Thursday morning. "Since the storm began, crews have restored power to more than 234,000 customers and will stay on the job until all homes and businesses are back online."
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