Power outages after severe weather moves across region


CAPE COD – Damage reports are starting to come in after severe weather moved across Cape Cod late Saturday afternoon into the early evening. Emergency crews were responding to the Old Wharf Road area of Dennis for reports of two utility poles down. 3,900 Eversource customers were without power in Yarmouth. Another 735 customers were out in Falmouth.

8:30 PM update: Eversource continues to work on outages in Yarmouth and Falmouth. 1,163 customers are out in Dennis as well.

11:00 PM update: Peak wind gust reports:
Waquoit Bay 70 613 PM
East Falmouth 67 632 PM
West Dennis 61 637 PM
Hatch Beach (Eastham) 54 651 PM
Kalmus (Hyannis) 51 630 PM
West Falmouth 51

Eversource has restored most power to Falmouth and Yarmouth. Crews are still working on the Dennis outage. The National Weather Service has confirmed information relayed by an amateur operator that in Dennis, two poles were down and a third was cracked with wires down on Old Wharf Road near Beaten Road making the road impassible.



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