Isaias Outage Update: These Putnam County Towns Are Most Affected Five Days After Storm
Nearly two thousand customers remain without power in Putnam County five days after Tropical Storm Isaias ripped through the region.
As of Sunday, Aug. 9 at around 10 a.m., 1,733 of its 38,693 customers in Putnam (4.5 percent) are still without power, according to NYSEG.
A day earlier at around the same 7,008 of its 38,693 customers in Putnam (18 percent).
Central Hudson is reporting outages of six of its 5,160 customers -- all in Philipstown.
The most outages in Putnam County are in Kent (814), Putnam Valley (308), Patterson (224), Southeast (193) and Carmel (18…
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Isaias New Power Outage Update: These Putnam County Communities Are Most Affected
Thousands remain without power in Putnam County two days after Tropical Storm Isaias ripped through the region.
Utility crews have been working around the clock to make repairs after the storm sent trees flying into power lines and utility poles, causing mass outages throughout the Hudson Valley.
According to NYSEG, as of Thursday, Aug. 6, 24,961 of its 38,693 customers in Putnam were still without power. Central Hudson was also reporting 2,047 of its 5,160 customers were still in the dark.
A breakdown of outages in Putnam County as of 9:30 a.m. on Thursday:
Carmel: 8,643;
Kent: 5,690;…
Isaias New Update: These Putnam County Communities Most Affected By Power Outages
Thousands of Putnam County residents had power restored overnight, but nearly 40,000 remain in the dark a day after Tropical Storm Isaias ripped through the region, toppling trees and power lines.
NYSEG was reporting that 34,150 of its 38,693 customers were still without power, while 3,621 of Central Hudson’s 5,160 Putnam County customers were waiting to have power restored as of around 10:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 5.
According to Central Hudson, full-service restoration is expected to be completed over several days, and potentially into the weekend.
Nearly 500 line workers and tree per…
Covid-19: Here's Brand-New Rundown Of Putnam Cases By Town
There were no new COVID-19 deaths reported in Putnam County in the past week.
There were 31 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in the latest update from the county’s Department of Health, bringing the total to 1,596 cases since the outbreak began in the Hudson Valley in mid-March.
A total of 23,186 Putnam residents have been tested for COVID-19, a week-to-week increase of 3,228.
As of Monday, July 20, there are no COVID-19 patients hospitalized at Putnam County, and the Department of Health is monitoring 22 active cases. Since the pandemic began, 1,573 people have been hospitalized for the viru…
