Belmont Power Restored Saturday After Storm

BELMONT, MA — As of 7 p.m. Saturday, the day after a historic storm swept the East coast causing coastal flooding that turned roadways into waterways, downed trees, powerlines and sent much of the state into darkness without power, Belmont, at least, was back in business.

Belmont DPW and Belmont Light worked through the night to clear roads and restore the power that had gone out in town. At the height of the storm - about 10 p.m. Friday night - more than 200 were without power in town, Belmont Light tweeted out.

Around 3:45 p.m. Belmont Police blocked off part of Belmont Street as crews responded to a leaning telephone pole (check out the photos at the top).

Meanwhile thousands of people on the Cape and the Islands are still without power, with no end there in sight.

How to report an outage:

To text an outage report please text your message to 1-617-993-6006 with all the necessary information: Name, address, outage information. SMS messaging service is only monitored between the hours of 8-4 Monday—Friday. You can also call 617-993-2800 to report your outage.

Main photo of police blocking off Belmont Street between Trapelo Road and Common Street by Maz for Patch.