Isaias Knocks Out Power To Nearly 10K In Attleboro

ATTLEBORO, MA —Nearly 10,000 Attleboro residents were without power late Tuesday afternoon as Tropical Storm Isaias raced through New England with a swath of rain, heavy wind and tornado warnings.

The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency reported 9,778 National Grid customers were without power — 49 percent of all homes in the city — at the height of the storm about 6:30 p.m.

Isaias knocked out power for nearly 50,000 homes and businesses across Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency reported 64,143 were without power as of 4:47 p.m. Tuesday. Many of the outages were in central and western Massachusetts, but some of the hardest-hit communities are in the southeastern part of the state.

The entire state outside of the Berkshires is under a tornado watch until 9 p.m. There have been no reports of tornadoes.

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