CAPE COD – Officials reported no major issues as gusty winds hit the Cape Monday. The highest gust reported by the National Weather Service was 50 at Chapin Beach in Dennis. There were reports of gusts over 50 MPH in the Fall River area. Eversource reported scattered outages through the day that crews worked to restore. As of late Monday evening, about 350 customers were without power in Dennis from what the utility described as equipment damage. The actual front will clear the area in the few hours ushering in much colder air with continued gusty winds.
9 AM update: As high winds continue, Eversource continues to work several outages. The upper Cape appears to be hardest hit with about 750 customers each in Falmouth and Mashpee without power at this hour. Crews are working when safe to do so to restore service. A 54 MPH gust was reported in Woods Hole.
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Falmouth Police/CWN
Falmouth Police report Davis Straits and Spring Bars Road will be closed to all traffic due to multiple telephone poles and wires blocking the roadway. Please seek alternate routes and avoid the area. Eversource is on location, but does not have an estimate on what time the roadway will reopen.
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Bourne Police/CWN
Bourne Police report some road closures:
County Road between Brookside and Beachwood, roadway is impassible.
Tree down on Crowell Road.
Access road to Bournedale from Wareham blocked by tree. Detoured to alt. access.
3:30 PM update: 2,700 Eversource customers lost lower in Falmouth. The utility says it is due to maintenance. It may be related to the ongoing effort to replace poles on Davis Straits (see above).
6:00 PM update: The large outage in Falmouth has been restored. Eversource continues to work on a number of isolated outages.
