Following severe thunderstorms and strong winds that swept through the area yesterday evening, Orange & Rockland Utilities (O&R) continues its efforts to repair damage and restore power to affected customers.
O&R crews worked diligently through the night and early this morning, successfully restoring electric service to approximately 32,201 customers. These customers had experienced outages due to the powerful storm. Today, O&R is reinforcing its response efforts by bringing in an additional 350 mutual aid workers to address the remaining outages.
As of 6:00 a.m. today, around 6,894 O&R customers were still without power. This includes 1,652 customers in Rockland County, distributed as follows:
- Rockland County: 1,049
- Orangetown: 409
- West Haverstraw: 194
- Clarkstown: 120
For the latest information on power outages, please refer to O&R’s Outage Map.