Thousands In Worcester Lose Power After Nor'easter

WORCESTER, MA — More than 1,000 Worcester residents lost power during a strong "bomb cyclone" Nor'easter that tore through the region in the early morning hours. The strongest storm so far this fall left more than 200,000 without power in Massachusetts, and brought winds in excess of 90 MPH to some parts of the state.

According to MEMA, there were close to 600 National Grid customers in Worcester without power as of 10:30 a.m. That was down from about 1,000 at 7:30 a.m. But the city fared much better than other towns in the region.

Oakham had just shy of 1,000 outages, which is 99 percent of the National Grid customers in that town. Meanwhile, 100 percent of National Grid customers in Petersham were without electricity.

On top of inches of rain, the storm brought extremely strong winds to the state. The highest gust was recorded in Provincetown at 90 MPH. The area around Worcester saw gusts at a max of about 50 MPH, according to the weather service.

The entire state is under a wind advisory until 6 p.m. Thursday. The weather service is predicting winds between 20 and 30 MPH with gusts up to 50 MPH in some spots. The weather should be calm by Friday morning, with sun and temperatures close to 60 in the forecast.