Weather
Blustery Winds Knock Out Power To Bow, Concord, And Hopkinton
Update: Nearly 3,000 Unitil and Eversource customers were without power in the capital region and Merrimack County Sunday.
CONCORD, NH — Utility companies in Concord, the capital region, and western and southern New Hampshire reported nearly 3,000 customers without power Sunday due to wind gusts downing trees and tree limbs onto power lines. Concord's main utility company, Unitil, initially reported about 1,400 customers in Concord and a handful in Bow without power around 1 p.m. By 2 p.m., the number had climbed to 1,500, and included customers in Hopkinton.
Most of the outages are in the city were centered around downtown, but there were also outages reported on the Heights and in East Concord. A number of traffic lights were also out around the city, according to scanner chatter.
A wind advisory was in effect for the central and southern parts of the state with gusts of up to 50 mph expected through 4 p.m. Mostly southwest winds were reported in the 10 to 20 mph range, according to the National Weather Service.
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Power was restored to Bow, Concord, and Hopkinton around 4 p.m.
A large number of elec customers in the Capital region have been restored. ~60 customers remain out in Hopkinton/Bow. Crews are continuing repairs to bring them all back. As you can see in this photo, a fallen tree on the lines was the cause. pic.twitter.com/oP7RISTdh3
— Unitil (@Unitil) January 12, 2020
Eversource reported more than 1,500 customers without power with most centered around the western part of the state. At 5:30 p.m., power was still out to about 400 customers in Amherst, Barrington, Bradford, Canterbury, Epping, Henniker, Loudon, Milford, Northfield, Strafford, Sutton, and Weare.
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