Here's How Many Are Still Without Power After Damaging Storm Slams Putnam, Dutchess
Thousands of Putnam and Dutchess County residents are still without power a day after thunderstorms rocked the region, taking down trees and power lines.
As of 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 14, Central Hudson was reporting 323 active outages, which were impacting 4,512 Dutchess residents, and 498 Putnam residents. NYSEG crews were still working to restore power to 416 customers in Dutchess and 9,595 in Putnam.
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Storm Knocks Out Power To Thousands, Brings Down Trees, Power Lines In Putnam, Dutchess
Thousands are without power on Long Island as storms rolled through the region, bringing whipping winds of more than 70 mph that toppled tree limbs and downed power lines.
As of 1 p.m. on Monday, April 13, Central Hudson was reporting that 17,493 of its 120,208 customers were without power, while 2,580 of its 5,151 customers were reporting outages.
NYSEG was reporting 13,619 of its Putnam customers were without power, while 868 in Dutchess were left in the dark.
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Putnam Now Has 427 Covid-19 Cases: Latest Rundown By Town, Breakdown By Sex, Age Groups
There are now 427 positive cases of the novel coronavirus in Putnam County.
Twenty-two of those are hospitalized.
Two COVID-19 deaths of county residents since Tuesday, April 7 have brought the total number of fatalities to 16.
Here is a breakdown of cases by town:
Carmel, 157
Southeast, 85
Kent, 66
Putnam Valley, 44
Patterson, 40
Philipstown, 35
Total: 427
Men: 244, Women: 183
In the first image above, Carmel (in light blue) has the highest percentage at 37 percent, followed by Southeast (20 percent).
For a breakdown of cases by age group, see the second image above.
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