VIDEO: Thousands without power during snowstorm in Massachusetts
January 26, 2015 11:00 pm
• Last Updated: January 27, 2015 6:40 am
BOSTON (AP) — Nearly 7,500 homes and businesses are without power in Massachusetts as a blizzard batters the state.
National Grid reports early Tuesday that almost 1,300 customers are without, with Nantucket the hardest hit.
NStar is reporting more than 6,200 customers in the dark, with Sandwich and Duxbury the hardest hit communities.
Both utilities have more than 1 million customers.
Many of those affected area in coastal areas where there are high wind gusts.
The National Weather Service says parts of Massachusetts could get up to 2 feet of snow.
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