Over 7000 homes and businesses are still without power.
That’s according to Lakeland Power, which says restoration efforts are ongoing.
Another update from the utility is expected soon.
Meanwhile HydroOne says their crews are out in full force as well, with more than 257,000 customers having their power restored since the start of the storm.
The utility says outages continue to be caused by tree limbs and branches being weighed down from the accumulation of freezing rain.
Officials add a second round of freezing rain is expected and may continue to impact power lines and road conditions.
“At this time, we anticipate it will take several days to restore all customers,” says the utility. “We won’t stop until every customer is restored.”
Due to the changing conditions caused by this storm, you may get multiple text updates as restoration work continues.
Officials add HydroOne prioritizes restoration in a way that brings power back to the greatest number of customers in the shortest period of time.
Crews need to repair and rebuild main lines along with other key pieces of electricity infrastructure before repairs can be made to power lines that serve smaller numbers of customers.
