WALTHAM, Mass. — National Grid crews worked through the overnight hours, continuing their efforts to fully restore service from a powerful weekend storm that dumped up to 18 inches of snow across parts of Massachusetts.

 

Since the storm's arrival Saturday night, National Grid has restored service to more than 54,000 customers, working around the clock through conditions that included poor visibility, snow-filled streets and roads, falling temperatures, and downed wires, branches, and trees.

 

"Our crews are back in the field today, working to restore power to our customers as quickly and safely as possible," said Tim Moore, Vice President for Electric Operations for New England. "We have reallocated crews to Merrimack Valley region areas and expect to have nearly all restoration activities completed this evening. Meanwhile, we're preparing for tomorrow's storm, which is expected to bring strong winds, especially along the coast. We recognize that some customers will feel the impact of multiple storms in a short period of time, but we will strive to restore affected customers as quickly and safely as possible."

 

The weekend storm, which featured multiple bands of snow and strong winds, swept across Massachusetts Saturday night through Sunday afternoon, dropping significant amounts of heavy, wet snow in the Western, Central and Merrimack Valley regions of the state. As crews restored some locations, the strong weather knocked out power in other places through much of Sunday.

 

At the peak of the storm at 5 p.m. Sunday, approximately 15,000 customers were without power, primarily in hard-hit regions in Essex and Middlesex counties, including the Merrimack Valley. As of 10 a.m., there remain approximately 4,800 customers without power, mainly in the Merrimack Valley. National Grid expects nearly all customers impacted by this weekend's storm will be restored by this evening.

 

National Grid will continue updating estimated restoration times throughout the day. Customers may check on the status of their outage by logging into our Report or Check an Outage page.

 

National Grid's extensive resources will remain in the region until the last outage is repaired.

 

Even as restoration efforts from the weekend storm progress, National Grid teams are monitoring and preparing for a second weather event tomorrow. Current forecasts indicate a multi-day storm moving into Massachusetts Tuesday evening that features hazardous wind gusts as high as 70 mph in some regions. The storm is predicted to feature snow at the onset but is expected to change to rain as warmer air moves into the region.

 

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