The Watchers by Julie Celestial on October 9, 2020
'Unusually' intense, record storm knocks power to over 200 000 customers in Capital District - New York, U.S.
A powerful thunderstorm hit New York's Capital District on Wednesday, October 7, 2020, leaving more than 200 000 customers without power and killing at least two people. The storm was described as an "unusual event" wit winds of 109 km/h (68 mph) -- the highest daily gust for the month of October, according to the National Weather Service (NWS) Albany. This now ranks as one of the strongest severe weather events for 2020 in the United States.
A sudden storm knocked down trees and power grids, leaving more than 200 000 customers without power in the area.
According to National Grid spokeswoman Virginia Limmiatis, the region has not experienced outages this widespread in more than a decade.
"The last time we would’ve seen 200 000-plus customers out and that widespread damage, probably was back in 2008 with the ice storm," she remarked.
"This was an intense storm. We’ve been having crews work throughout the night and they’ll continue to be working under these challenging conditions."
More:
https://watchers.news/2020/10/09/severe-weather-event-northeast-october-7-2020/
