Tagged: power outage

Morning News Podcast
9:37 am
Tue February 12, 2013

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Power is being restored to most of RI customers following this weekend's snow storm.  The State Senate votes on nominees for the new Board of Education.  These stories and more on the RIPR Morning News Podcast.

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RI News
4:06 pm
Thu January 31, 2013

Power still out in parts of northern RI

Credit Lydia Rogers / RIPR
Braving the rain downtown Providence

Hundreds of homes and businesses are still without power in Rhode Island. That’s down from about 25,000 early this morning.

National Grid spokesman David Graves says last night was a wild one in Rhode Island. 60-mile-an-hour winds ripped through trees and snagged power lines. He says crews are still working on restoring power to thousands of customers, mainly in southeastern Massachusetts and parts of Rhode Island.

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