Local utility companies say they are making good progress on restoring power after the wind storm on Tuesday that knocked power out to thousands of their customers throughout the region.
The National Weather Service canceled the High Wind Warning in the region late Tuesday night, but issued a Wind Advisory for several area counties including Monroe, Ontario, Livingston, Genesee, Orleans and Wyoming counties until 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, with wind gusts of up to 50 mph.
Wind gusts in Monroe County on Tuesday were not as strong as some nearby counties, with peak gusts in the 50 mph range. But in the Buffalo area, there were gusts of at least 70 mph in some areas, and it was a similar story to the east in Yates County.
Rochester Gas & Electric said late Wed. afternoon that they had pared the number of outages in the Monroe and Orleans county areas to less than 1,000 customers, and they expected to have a majority of customers restored by 11 p.m.
RG&E noted that power line crews had to wait for winds to subside before their personnel could get on bucket trucks to work on the downed lines.
To report a power outage to RG&E call 1-800-743-1701. NYSEG customers should call 1-800-572-1131. National Grid Customer may call 1-800-642-4272.
All of the utilities also have information online. RG&E and NYSEG have mobile apps under ' AVANGRID' in the Apple or Android app stores.
You can also up for Outage Alerts to receive updates automatically from RG&E and NYSEG by phone, text, or email as the companies update the status of the restoration process in their area.
National Grid customers can text 'OUT' to 64743 to report an outage. National Grid issued a statement Wednesday saying that it has deployed more than 3,500 workers across Upstate New York to make repairs. The utility noted that more than 104,000 of 174,000 impacted customers in Central and Western NY had service repaired by midday on Wednesday.
