Ulster Power Outages Likely Not Restored Until Sunday: UPDATE

MID-HUDSON VALLEY, NY — There are still close to 50,000 Central Hudson electricity customers who do not have power because of the ice storm Friday in the Hudson Valley.

While Dutchess County has more than 1,100 — 600 in Millbrook and 232 in Tivoli, as of 5:30 p.m. — the overwhelming number of outages is still in Ulster County.

Central Hudson is now estimating that all the 47,800 Ulster outages will not be restored until 10 p.m. Sunday.

There are more than 9,000 customers in the city of Kingston without power, out of 12,500 total customers.

Kingston Mayor Steven Noble declared a state of emergency for the city and has banned all unnecessary travel until further notice.

Saugerties is still hard hit, with more than half of town's customers off the grid.

Other Ulster towns with thousands of outages are:

• Esopus: 3,612
• Hurley: 3,327
• Marbletown: 2,965
• Olive: 2,684
• Rochester: 3,175
• Rosedale: 3,072
• Village of Saugerties: 1,907
• Ulster 4,510
• Wawarsing: 1,487
• Woodstock: 4,752

The town of Newburgh in Orange County still has 308 customers without power. Central Hudson has estimated restoration for 6 p.m. Saturday.

Central Hudson will distribute a limited amount of dry ice and bottled water on Friday at the Hudson Valley Mall on Route 9W in the town of Ulster starting at 7 p.m. Customers should exercise extra caution in traveling this evening as road conditions will be hazardous. Additional dry ice will be available on Saturday, and distribution locations will be announced then. Alternatively, in the winter perishable foods can be preserved by being placed in coolers, and the cooler placed outdoors in a protected and secure location.

There are 120 customers without electricity in Orange County served by O&R: 53 in Crawford and 64 in Mount Hope. Restoration is estimated to be later Friday night.

Ulster County Fire/rescue on Facebook said that currently 911 and emergency responders around the county are facing a larger than normal call volume with trees down, wires down and other weather-related emergencies.

"We feel this is a good time to remind everybody not to call their local emergency services or 911 unless they have an emergency. Do not ask about power restoration or how roads are. We can confirm that all highway personnel are out, and every resource possible is at work at this time," they said.

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