MA Power Outages Expected As Flash Freeze Takes Hold

Weather and safety are warning officials are warning Massachusetts residents of the strong possibility of power outages as a flash freeze takes hold of the storm-battered region. The National Weather Service and Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency said all the precipitation that fell today will freeze over as temperatures get close to zero degrees and and wind chills dip to as low as minus-20.

Power outages haven't been much of an issue through Monday at 1 a.m., when less than 500 were reported to be without power. Patch will update this story throughout the day. Subscribe to your local Patch for more on the local affects of the storm and accompanying flash freeze.

The most recent forecast said temperatures around Boston will dip to about 3 degrees. Wind gusts of up to 40 miles per hour will have it feel around negative-17 around Boston and negative-22 around Worcester. The Cape will feel the "warmest" at around negative-7. A wind chill warning is still in effect for several counties, while much of Eastern Mass. is under a wind chill advisory.